The newspaper was founded as the
Green Bay Gazette in 1866 as a weekly paper, becoming a daily newspaper in 1871. The
Green Bay Gazette merged with its major competitor, the
Green Bay Free Press in 1915, assuming its current title. The newspaper was purchased by
Gannett in March 1980. In 1972, an internal labor dispute led to the creation of the
Green Bay News-Chronicle by striking workers. In 2004, the
News-Chronicle was taken over by
Press-Gazette publisher, Gannett, who closed it in 2005. On March 24, 2012, seven
Press-Gazette employees were among 25 Gannett employees in Wisconsin who were disciplined by Gannett for signing the petition to recall Governor
Scott Walker. Gannett stated that this was a violation of the company's code of journalistic ethics. In 2022,
The Press-Gazette moved to a six day printing schedule, eliminating its printed Saturday edition. ==References==