The ''News-Times'' is a semiweekly newspaper published in

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, United States. It was established in the 1880s and is owned by the News Media Corporation. The ''News-Times'' is published on Wednesdays and Fridays has a circulation of 6,061. It is the newspaper of record for Lincoln County.

History

At least 20 different newspapers have been published in the Lincoln County area. The county's first newspaper was the ''Yaquina Post'', established in 1882 and published in Yaquina City by Collins Van Cleve. In 1889, Van Cleve was also publishing the ''Scio Press'' out of Yaquina City. One of the papers, founded in 1886, was called the ''Newport News'', but it was short-lived. Various newspapers started and closed until 1893, when, in the same year Lincoln County was officially established from part of Benton County, two newspapers were started: the ''Yaquina Bay News'' out of Newport, and the ''

Lincoln County Leader The ''Lincoln County Leader'' was a weekly American newspaper published in Toledo, Oregon from 1893 to 1987. The newspaper was originally published as a Democratic paper, but its party affiliation changed with the ownership. For many years the ne ...

'' out of Toledo. The ''Yaquina Bay News'' became known as the ''Newport News'' by the 1960s, after many ownership and name changes and mergers. At this time the ''Newport News'' bought out the ''Lincoln County Times'' of Waldport, the two names were combined to form the ''News-Times''. The ''News-Times'' bought the ''Lincoln County Leader'' about a year later. The paper is currently owned by News Media Corporation, who purchased it from

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in 2007.Lee will sell shoppers, other publications and commercial printing operations in Pacific NW
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References

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Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association page
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