Leavenworth Echo

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Leavenworth Echo
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Ward Media, LLC
Founder(s)Deed H. Mayar
Founded1904;121 years ago (1904)
Language English
Headquarters Leavenworth, Washington
Circulation 1,600(as of 2022) [1]
OCLC number 16996294
Website leavenworthecho.com

The Leavenworth Echo is a weekly newspaper in Leavenworth, Washington, United States. Founded in 1904, it was sold to Ward Media LLC in August 2023. [2]

History

The Echo was founded by Deed H. Mayar and published its first edition on January 15, 1904. [3] It was preceded by a now-defunct newspaper, the Journal, which began publication in 1898. [4] The newspaper leaned Republican and was published from Mayar's home in a five-column format. [5]

Mayar was later elected as the first mayor of Leavenworth when the town was incorporated in 1906. [3] [6] The newspaper's editors during this period were Deed and his son Julian, who later enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War I. [7]

Mayar retired in 1919 and sold the newspaper to the Echo Publishing Company (EPC). [3] After acquiring it from EPC along with the Cashmere Valley Record in 2000, [8] [9] NCW Media, Inc. sold the newspaper in August 2023 to Ward Media, LLC. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy" (PDF). League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund. 2022-11-14.
  2. ↑ "NCW Media Inc. completes sale of five local newspapers to Ward Media LLC" . Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Leavenworth Echo". Washington Secretary of State . Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ Roe, JoAnn (2002). Stevens Pass: The Story of Railroading and Recreation in the North Cascades. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Press. p. 104. ISBN   0-87004-428-1. OCLC   50270053 . Retrieved August 16, 2018– via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Steele, Richard F. (1904). An Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan Counties, Volume 2. Spokane, Washington: Western Historical Publishing Company. p. 852. OCLC   10817801 . Retrieved August 16, 2018– via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "We Incorporate". The Leavenworth Echo. August 3, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved August 16, 2018– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  7. ↑ "More or Less News". The Washington Newspaper. Department of Journalism, University of Washington. July 1927. p. 218. Retrieved August 16, 2018– via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Newspaper owner named Leavenworth's Royal Lady". Cashmere Valley Record . March 8, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Editor & Publisher 1998-04-18: Vol 131 Iss 16". Duncan McIntosh. 18 April 1998.
  10. ↑ "Ward Media, LLC acquires 5 newspapers in North Central Washington from NCW Media, Inc". Editor and Publisher. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
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