The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier is an online newspaper that is published three times a week by Lee Enterprises for people living in Waterloo and Cedar Falls, Iowa as well as northeast Iowa.
History
The first issue of The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier was published on November 22, 1859, by WH Hartman and George Ingersoll.[2]The Courier changed to a daily newspaper in 1890, publishing in the afternoon every day except Saturday.[2]
Howard Publications bought the Waterloo Courier and Cedar Falls Record in 1983. At that time, the Courier had been owned for 128 years by the same family, and had a daily circulation of around 55,000 in 1983. The circulation of The Record was about 4,000.[3]Lee Enterprises acquired the Howard chain in 2002.[4]
References
- ↑Lee Enterprises. "Form 10-K". investors.lee.net. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑(27 January 1983). The impending sale of the Waterloo Courier and the..., UPI
- ↑(13 February 2002). Lee Newspapers to buy Howard Publications, The Baltimore Sun
External links
- Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier Web Site
- Lee Enterprises profile of The Courier
- Newspapers published in Iowa
- Lee Enterprises publications
- Waterloo, Iowa
- Newspapers established in 1859
- Cedar Falls, Iowa
- 1859 establishments in Iowa
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