Alden Advertiser

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Alden Advertiser
TypeWeekly Newspaper
Owner(s)Leonard A. Weisbeck Jr
EditorLeonard A. Weisbeck Jr
Founded1914
Language American English
Headquarters13200 Broadway St.
Alden, Erie County, New York
CountryUnited States
Circulation appx. 3400
ReadershipAlden, Erie County
OCLC number 25104817
Website aldenadvertisernews.com

The Alden Advertiser is an American, English language newspaper serving Alden, Marilla, Darien and the surrounding communities of Erie County in New York. [1]

Founded in 1914 as a weekly, [2] the paper has a circulation of approximately 3,400. [1] [3] Leonard A. Weisbeck Jr. is the owner and editor of the paper. [1]

History

The paper was founded as a weekly by J. Childs. [2] In 1917 the paper was bought by Leo Whitney, [4] [5] formerly of the Record. [6] Whitney would run it until 1929. [7]

In 1932 Joseph A Weisbeck took ownership of the paper. [8] He died in 1962 and turned the paper over to his son Leonard. [9] Weisbeck is former head of the Western New York Publishers Association. [10]

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