Owned by Gannett, it is the sole daily newspaper in Akron and is distributed throughout Northeast Ohio.

His son John S. Knight inherited the paper, in 1933, on Charles' death.

On August 2, 2006, McClatchy sold the Beacon Journal to Black Press.

[3] On November 11, 2013, the Akron Beacon Journal printed its last paper in-house.

[5] The Akron Beacon Journal is Summit County's oldest continuously operating business.