Editing Hiram Walker (section)

===Involvement with Detroit newspapers===
Walker became heavily involved with Detroit newspapers during the mid-1860s and 1870s.  He bought $10,000 worth of stock in the newspaper known as the ''Advertiser and Tribune''.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|loc=Chapter 11. 4}}   Their largest competitor of the time was the ''Daily Post'', which proved to be a fierce rival.  Walker constantly put forth suggestions of a merger, but his requests were constantly denied.  By 1872, Walker purchased another $10,000 in shares, becoming the primary shareholder in the newspaper.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|loc=Chapter 11. 4-5}}   The following year, the senior editor of the ''Advertiser and Tribune'' had resigned, and Walker immediately bought the stock he had in the company.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|loc=Chapter 11. 5-6}} J.E. Scripps, the former senior editor of the ''Advertiser and Tribune'', soon opened his own newspaper, the ''[[Detroit News|Evening News]]''.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|loc=Chapter 11. 6}}  This divided the competition even further.  In 1877, the ''Advertiser and Tribune'' merged with the ''Daily Post'' under the name the ''Post and Tribune'', as Walker had wanted.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|loc=Chapter 11. 6}}  Two years later, a fire burned down the offices of the newspaper and Walker was estimated to have lost $30,000.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|loc=Chapter 11. 6}}    Walker lost interest in the newspaper business soon after and sold the ''Post and Tribune'' to James McMillan.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|loc=Chapter 11. 7}}