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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.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...") As of early 1972, group owned nine daily newspapers.(31 May 1972)Corning Leader Sold to Howard Publications ''Elmira Star-Gazette'', p. 9 (paywall) Lee Enterprises announced that it would acquire the company on February 12, 2002, for $694 million, with a closing later that year.(13 February 2002)Lee Newspapers to buy Howard Publications ''The Baltimore Sun'' At the time of the sale, Howard employed 2,400 people, and its papers had a total daily circulation of 479,000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls is the county seat and largest city of Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The city had a population of 51,807 as of the 2020 census. In the Magic Valley region, Twin Falls is the largest city in a radius, and is the regional commercial center for south-central Idaho and northeastern It is the principal city of the Twin Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which officially includes the entirety of Twin Falls and Jerome The border town resort community of Jackpot, Nevada, south at the state line, is unofficially considered part of the greater Located on a broad plain at the south rim of the Snake River Canyon, Twin Falls is where daredevil Evel Knievel attempted to jump across the canyon in 1974 on a steam-powered rocket. The jump site is northeast of central Twin Falls, midway between Shoshone Falls and the Perrine Bridge. History Excavations at Wilson Butte Cave near Twin Falls in 1959 revealed evidence of human activity, including arrowheads, that ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Citizen (Auburn)
''The Citizen'', commonly referred to as ''The Auburn Citizen'', is the only daily newspaper published in Auburn, New York. The paper serves Cayuga County and parts of the greater Central New York area. The publication is owned by Lee Enterprises. History The paper traces its roots to 1816. The paper has been named ''The Citizen'' for decades but was previously published as ''The Citizen-Advertiser'' and ''The Daily Advertiser'', among other names. Except on Sundays, when it was a morning paper, and Saturdays, on which the paper did not publish an edition for most of its history, ''The Citizen'' was an afternoon paper until 2008. In 1999, ''The Citizen'' added a Saturday edition, and in 2008, it switched from an afternoon publication to a morning publication, publishing papers seven days a week. On March 10, 2013, ''The Citizen'' announced it was returning to a six-day publication schedule as of April 1, 2013, with the paper no longer publishing a Monday edition. Notable alu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corning, New York
Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,551 at the 2020 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company that developed the community. The city is best known as the headquarters of Fortune 500 company Corning Incorporated, formerly Corning Glass Works, a manufacturer of glass and ceramic products for industrial, scientific and technical uses. Overview The city of Corning is situated at the western edge of the town of Corning and in the southeast part of Steuben County. It is also home to the Corning Museum of Glass, which houses one of the world's most comprehensive collections of glass objects from antiquity to the present. The museum houses the Rakow Library, one of the world's major glass research centers. The city's other major cultural attraction is the Rockwell Museum. It contains an important collection of Western American pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leader (New York)
''The Leader'' is an American daily newspaper published in Corning, New York. It is owned by Gannett. The newspaper covers the city of Corning and surrounding villages such as Addison, Bath and Erwin, in Steuben County, and Horseheads, in Chemung County. History The history of ''The Leader'' stretches back to two competing newspapers in Corning in the mid-19th century. Its earliest predecessor was ''The Corning Journal'', a weekly newspaper established in 1847 as "an independent family newspaper, free from party politics". George W. Pratt served as editor of the ''Journal'' for a half-century, from 1851 until his death in 1906. His son, future Congressman Harry H. Pratt, ran the paper until 1918. The weekly ''Corning Sun'' debuted in 1853, later changing its name to the ''Southern Tier Farmer'' and then, in April 1857, the ''Corning Democrat'', to reflect its ties to the Democratic Party. The ''Democrat'' established a daily newspaper in 1884, and in 1903 changed its name t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeport, Illinois
Freeport is the county seat and largest city of Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,973 at the 2020 census, and the mayor of Freeport is Jodi Miller, elected in 2017. Freeport is known for hosting the second Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858, and as "Pretzel City, USA", due to a popular local German bakery known for its pretzels in the 1850s. Freeport High School's mascot is the Pretzel to honor its heritage. History The community was originally called Winneshiek. When it was incorporated, the new municipality took its name from the generosity of Tutty Baker, who was credited with running a "free port" on the Pecatonica River. The name "Winneshiek" was later adopted, and is preserved to this day, by the Freeport Community Theatre Group. In 1837, Stephenson County was formed and Freeport became its seat of government in 1838. Linked by a stagecoach with Chicago, the community grew rapidly. In 1840, a frame courthouse was erected and the first schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Journal Standard
''The Journal Standard'' is an American daily newspaper published Mondays through Saturdays in Freeport, Illinois. It is owned by Gannett. The newspaper's coverage area includes Carroll County, Illinois, Carroll, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Jo Daviess, Ogle County, Illinois, Ogle and Stephenson County, Illinois, Stephenson counties. References External links * Gannett publications Newspapers published in Illinois Freeport, Illinois Stephenson County, Illinois Publications established in 1848 {{illinois-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Carlisle is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the borough population was 20,118; including suburbs in the neighboring townships, 37,695 live in the Carlisle urban cluster. Carlisle is the smaller principal city of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Cumberland, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin, and Perry County, Pennsylvania, Perry counties in South Central Pennsylvania. In 2010, ''Forbes'' rated Carlisle and Harrisburg the second-best place to raise a family. The United States Army War College, U.S. Army War College, located at Carlisle Barracks, prepares high-level military personnel and civilians for strategic leadership responsibilities. Carlisle Barracks ranks among the oldest U.S. Army installations and the most senio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sentinel (Pennsylvania)
''The Sentinel'' is a daily newspaper based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, serving the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan area. In 2012, the newspaper launched a partnership with abc27 News in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The media outlets coordinate and share news coverage. Also that year, The Sentinel expanded its print edition to include weekly local sections about food, health, outdoors, faith, entertainment, and history; a daily local opinion page; and a daily "Capital Region" page with news from Harrisburg and its suburbs. In 2013, the newspaper's circulation rose when the nearby ''Patriot-News'' reduced its print distribution from seven days per week to three. It opened a bureau in the state Capitol Complex in Harrisburg with Calkins Media, which provides statehouse news coverage to The Sentinel and Calkins Media's newspapers across Pennsylvania. Its digital offerings include desktop and mobile versions of cumberlink.com and an iOS and Android app. See also * List of ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Orangeburg, also known as ''The Garden City'', is the principal city in and the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population of the city was 13,964 according to the 2010 United States Census and declined to 12,704 in the 2020 census. The city is located 37 miles southeast of Columbia, on the north fork of the Edisto River. Two historically black institutions of higher education are located in Orangeburg: Claflin University (a liberal arts college) and South Carolina State University (a public university). History 18th century European settlement in this area started in 1704 when George Sterling set up a post here for fur trade with Native Americans. To encourage settlement, the General Assembly of the Province of South Carolina in 1730 organized the area as a township, naming it Orangeburg for William IV, Prince of Orange, the son-in-law of King George II of Great Britain. In 1735, a colony of 200 Swiss, German and Dutch immigrants formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times And Democrat
''The Times and Democrat'' is a daily newspaper in Orangeburg, South Carolina. ''The Times and Democrat'' is owned by Lee Enterprises, a company based in Davenport, Iowa. It has a daily circulation of 13,395. History and origins ''The Times and Democrat'' traces its history to the October 1881 merger of ''The Orangeburg Democrat'' and ''The Orangeburg Times''. It also has ties to four other newspapers born in the aftermath of the American Civil War: ''The Southron'', ''The Tax-Payer'', ''The Edisto Clarion'' and ''The Orangeburg News and Times''. Like most newspapers of the South during Reconstruction, the Orangeburg publications were embroiled in political doctrines. The ''Orangeburg News'', for instance, was organized as a newspaper of the Democrats but later made the bold move of becoming a newspaper of the Republicans. Into this milieu came James L. Sims. The Charleston, South Carolina, native learned the printing trade at ''The Charleston Courier'' and subsequently purcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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