The ''Metro-East Journal'' was a newspaper published in East St. Louis, Illinois, from 1888 to 1979.

History

The newspaper was founded as the ''East St. Louis Journal'' in 1888. The paper's name was changed to the ''St. Clair and Madison Counties Evening and Sunday Journal'' in 1958 and the ''Metro-East Journal'' in 1964. When

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-based Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers, which had owned the paper since 1932, was sold to Lee Enterprises in 1979, the ''Journal'' was not included in the purchase. Attempts to find another buyer failed, and the ''Journal'' published its last edition on March 30, 1979. Several factors reportedly contributing to the demise of the ''Journal'' included changing demographics in East St. Louis, failure to upgrade newspaper facilities and competition from the '' Belleville News-Democrat'' for many of the same readers.

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