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Lebanon Express

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Lebanon Express
Front page on March 5, 1887
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Lee Enterprises
PublisherJeff Precourt[1]
EditorLes Gehrett[2]
FoundedMarch 5, 1887; 137 years ago (1887-03-05)
Ceased publicationJanuary 18, 2023
Headquarters
CountryUnited States
Circulation2,149 (as of 2014)[1]
ISSN2472-6648
OCLC number38041261
Websitelebanon-express.com

The Lebanon Express was a weekly newspaper in Lebanon, Oregon. It was owned by Lee Enterprises.[1] The paper ceased publication in January 2023.[3]

History

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The Lebanon Express was first published by Jacob H. Stine on March 5, 1887. Stine left the paper after a year. In 1987, Hugh Yandel Kirkpatrick merged the Lebanon Express with the Lebanon Advance to form Lebanon Express-Advance. The name was changed back to the Lebanon Express in 1912.[4]

Robert Hayden owned the Lebanon Express for 34 years until selling it in 1970 to the Democrat-Herald Publishing Co.[5] Capital Cities purchased the company in 1980,[6] which itself was acquired by the The Walt Disney Company in 1995.[7] Disney sold its Oregon newspapers to Lee Enterprises in 1997.[8]

The paper published its final edition on Jan. 18, 2023 and rolled coverage of the area into The Albany Democrat-Herald.[9][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lebanon Express". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
  2. ^ "Contact Staff". Lebanon Express. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b Lehman, Chris M. (2023-01-20). "Oregon loses yet another newspaper". KLCC. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  4. ^ "About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Albany Company Acquires Lebanon, Ashland Papers". The Capital Journal. March 4, 1970. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Paper sale should be final today". Albany Democrat-Herald. July 14, 1980. p. 3.
  7. ^ Geraldine Fabrikant (5 January 1996). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS;Disney and ABC Shareholders Solidly Approve Merger Deal". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  8. ^ "Lee Enterprises closes purchase of Oregon newspapers from ABC". The Oregonian. September 9, 1997. p. 45.
  9. ^ "Page A1". Lebanon Express. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
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