History
The paper was founded on January 28, 1868. It was initially an afternoon paper, published Sunday through Saturday.
In 1940, the Eagle acquired the Reading Times, which was a morning paper, but they remained separate papers. The staff of the two papers was combined in 1982. In June 2002, the Reading Times ceased publishing, and the Eagle became a morning paper.
Author John Updike worked at the Eagle as a copyboy in his youth for several summer interships in the early 1950s, and wrote several feature articles.
In late April 2009, the newspaper laid off 52 employees, about 12% of its workforce, without severance and with two weeks health benefits. The move was a necessary step to cope with the economy and the troubles the newspaper industry specifically is facing.
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