Howard Publications
Howard Publications was a family-owned company of newspapers in the United States. It owned 16 daily newspapers when it sold to Lee Enterprises for $694 million in 2002.
Robert S. Howard founded the company in 1961.[1] As of early 1972, group owned nine daily newspapers.[2] Lee Enterprises announced that it would acquire the company on February 12, 2002, for $694 million, with a closing later that year.[3] At the time of the sale, Howard employed 2,400 people, and its papers had a total daily circulation of 479,000.[3]
List of previously owned newspapers
[edit]- North County Times (Escondido, California; later sold and merged into The San Diego Union-Tribune)
- The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster, Indiana)(acquired May 1962)[4]
- Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa) (one half-ownership acquired in 1972)
- Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)
- The Post-Star (Glen Falls, New York) (acquired January 1971)[5]
- Casper Star-Tribune (Casper, Wyoming)
- Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) (acquired April 1968)[6]
- The Daily News (Longview, Washington)
- The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, South Carolina)
- The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)
- The Journal Standard (Freeport, Illinois; now owned by Gannett Company)
- The Leader (Corning, New York; now owned by GateHouse Media)
- The Citizen (Auburn, New York)
- Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois)
- The Ledger Independent (Maysville, Kentucky)
- Times-Courier (Charleston, Illinois)
- The Vidette Times (Valparaiso, Indiana; merged into The Times of Northwest Indiana)
- Escondido Times-Advocate (merged into the North County Times)
- North County Blade-Citizen (acquired Oceanside Blade-Tribune (circulation approx. 10,500) in 1967,[7] then acquired San Dieguito Citizen in 1979; merged the two into Blade-Citizen in 1989, which in turn merged into North County Times in 1995)[8]
- Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) (Acquired 1966, sold to Thomson Corporation around 1995 in exchange for Vidette Times)
- San Clemente Sun-Post (San Clemente, California)[9](then acquired by The Orange County Register in 1993)[10]
References
[edit]- ^ York, Tom (2 December 2019). Special Report: Wealthiest San Diegans, San Diego Business Journal (paywall) ("Robert S. Howard was for many years a North County newspaper publishing magnate. He founded Howard Publications in 1961 and built it into a chain of 19 dailies including the North County Times...")
- ^ (31 May 1972). Corning Leader Sold to Howard Publications, Elmira Star-Gazette, p. 9 (paywall)
- ^ a b (13 February 2002). Lee Newspapers to buy Howard Publications, The Baltimore Sun
- ^ (21 June 1981). The Times: 75 Years of Progress, The Times, p. BB-3 (paywall)
- ^ (30 December 1970). Glen Falls Newspapers Have Been Purchased By Howard Publications, Oceanside, Calif; Carl M. Davidson Has Been Named Publisher, The Post-Star, p.1 (paywall)
- ^ (2 April 1968). Indiana Firm Buys Paper In Twin Falls, The Idaho Daily Statesman, p. 1 (paywall)
- ^ (30 March 1967) Blade-Tribune sale confirmed by Braden, Daily Times-Advocate, p. 1 (paywall)
- ^ (2 December 1995). 103-year paper sees new era, North County Blade Citizen, p. 1 (paywall)
- ^ Weber, Jonathan (3 November 1989). Shoppers, Weekly Papers Battle for Ad Dollars, Los Angeles Times ("Howard Publishing Group, which owns the daily San Clemente Sun-Post and several small dailies outside the county")
- ^ (13 June 1993). Register, San Clemente paper link up, p. 10 (paywall)
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