The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that
serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of
the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R.
Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania
Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper
in the United States.[2] Owned by the local group
Philadelphia Media Holdings LLC, The Inquirer has the
nineteenth largest average weekday U.S. newspaper
circulation and has won eighteen Pulitzer Prizes.