| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Outlook Newspapers Group |
| Founder | E.M. McClure |
| Founded | 1908 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California |
| Circulation | 5,000(as of April 2020) |
| Sister newspapers | Glendale News-Press |
| Website | outlooknewspapers |
The Burbank Leader is a weekly newspaper published by the Outlook Newspapers Group in Burbank, California. [1]
In 1908, E.M. McClure published the first edition of the Burbank Review. [2] In 1911, he sold the paper to H.E. Lawrence, who then merged it with the Independent. [3] In 1914, Mr. Lawrence died. [4]
In 1916, his widow Ida M. Lawrence sold the paper to Samuel M. Greene and C.M. Brosius. [5] In 1917, Judge Charles E. Salisbury bought the paper, [6] and he was eventually succeeded by W.P. Coffman. [7]
In 1920, Harvey L. Ling purchased the paper, [8] and soon bought and absorbed a rival paper called the Pathfinder. [9] In 1926, the Review was expanded into a daily. [9] In 1930, Ling purchased and absorbed the Burbank Daily Tribune. [9] In 1948, Niver W. Beaman became a co-owner. [10]
In 1950, Southern California Associated Newspapers, a subsidiary of Copley Press, acquired the Review from Ling. [11] In 1974, Copley Press sold four Los Angeles dallies, including the Daily Review and Glendale News Press, along with nine weekly newspapers to Morris Newspapers. [12] In 1976, Morris sold two dallies and five weeklies in the L.A. area to California Offset Printers. [13]
In 1980, California Offset Printers sold nine papers including the Daily Review and News Press to Ingersoll Publications. At that time the News Press had a circulation of 20,621 and the Daily Review had a circulation of 10,724. [14] By 1985, the Daily Review's circulation had fallen to around 8,000. At that time the paper's print schedule was decreased to twice a week and the publication was renamed to the Burbank Leader. [15]
In 1989, Page Group Publishing, which had just bought the Orange Coast Daily Pilot and the Huntington Beach Independent , acquired the Burbank Leader, Foothill Leader and News Press from Ingersoll. [16] In 1993, Times Mirror Company bought the newspaper group. [17]
On April 18, 2020, it was announced by the Los Angeles Times that the newspaper would cease publication. Before the closure, the print circulation was around 5,000 copies. [18] On April 30, 2020, the Burbank Leader was purchased by the Outlook Newspapers Group. The newspaper continued to be published by its new owner. [19]