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]
- ^ 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...")
- ^ (31 May 1972). Corning Leader Sold to Howard Publications, Elmira Star-Gazette, p. 9 (paywall)
- ^ a b (13 February 2002). Lee Newspapers to buy Howard Publications, The Baltimore Sun