Bastrop Daily Enterprise

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Bastrop Daily Enterprise
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Gannett
PublisherShane Allen
Foundedc.1904, as Morehouse Enterprise
Headquarters119 East Hickory Avenue,
Bastrop, Louisiana 71220, United States
OCLC number 17499849

The Bastrop Daily Enterprise was an American daily newspaper published in Bastrop, Louisiana. It was restarted as Bastrop Daily Enterprise on October 5, 1952. [1] It was owned by Gannett. The newspaper closed on March 29, 2019, citing "shrinking advertising markets locally and nationally." The final issue was published on March 29, 2019.

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Bastrop Daily Enterprise newspaper office

The paper covered the city of Bastrop and Morehouse Parish.

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References

  1. "The Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, La.) 1952-Current". The Library of Congress. Retrieved February 9, 2024.