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]
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]
^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...")
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]
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]
^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...")