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

References

  1. 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...")
  2. (31 May 1972). Corning Leader Sold to Howard Publications, Elmira Star-Gazette, p. 9 (paywall)
  3. 1 2 (13 February 2002). Lee Newspapers to buy Howard Publications, The Baltimore Sun
  4. (21 June 1981). The Times: 75 Years of Progress, The Times, p. BB-3 (paywall)
  5. (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)
  6. (2 April 1968). Indiana Firm Buys Paper In Twin Falls, The Idaho Daily Statesman, p. 1 (paywall)
  7. (30 March 1967) Blade-Tribune sale confirmed by Braden, Daily Times-Advocate, p. 1 (paywall)
  8. (2 December 1995). 103-year paper sees new era, North County Blade Citizen, p. 1 (paywall)
  9. 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")
  10. (13 June 1993). Register, San Clemente paper link up, p. 10 (paywall)
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