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Speidel Newspapers, Inc. was an American newspaper publisher with properties in the west and midwestern United States. It announced a merger with Gannet in 1976 that grew the combined company to 73 newspapers. [1] [2]

History

The company was founded as Merritt Speidel and associates by Merritt C. Speidel in 1921 with the help of John Ben Snow. [3]

The company started with the Iowa City Press-Citizen . [4] In 1936, the company bought the Fort Collins Express-Courier which would become the Fort Collins Coloradoan . [5] It added the Poughkeepsie Evening Star and Enterprise and the Poughkeepsie Morning Eagle-News (predecessors of the Poughkeepsie New Yorker ) in 1941. [6] The Visalia Times-Delta became the company's 7th newspaper in 1948. [7]

Speidel retired from his namesake company in 1956. [8] He died four years later in 1960. At the time, the group included the Poughkeepsie New Yorker , Chillicothe Gazette , the Evening Gazette and Evening State Journal , Fort Collins Coloradoan , the Sailinas Daily Californian , and the Visalia Times-Delta . [4]

Speidel was the target of a potential takeover attempt by Thomson Newspapers in 1974 which it took steps to block. [9]

When it merged with Gannett in 1976, 13 newspapers were part of the company. [10] At the time, the newspapers included the St. Cloud Times , the Argus Leader , the Fort Collins Coloradoan , the Record , the Fremont Tribune , and others. [11] [12]

When it merged with Gannett, Speidel consisted of the following newspapers:

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References

  1. ↑ "Speidel Newspapers Agrees in Principle to Join With Gannett in a $173 Million Deal". The New York Times. December 21, 1976. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  2. ↑ "$173 million merger includes 67 papers". St. Joseph Gazette. Associated Press. December 21, 1976.
  3. ↑ "J. B. SNOW, FOUNDER OF SPEIDEL PAPERS". The New York Times. January 23, 1973. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Merritt C. Speidel Dies at 80; Founded Group of Newspapers". Poughkeepsie Journal. Vol. 175, no. 230. March 21, 1960.
  5. ↑ Watrous, Ansel (1911). The History of Larimer County (PDF). Courier Printing & Publishing Company. pp. 158–160.
  6. ↑ "Speidel Buying Two Newspapers". Spokane Daily Chronicle. AP. May 22, 1941. p. 16.
  7. ↑ "Visalia Newspaper Sold To Speidel Newspaper Chain". Lodi News-Sentinel. United Press International. May 19, 1948. p. 7.
  8. ↑ "Head of Speidel Newspapers Over Country Finally Quits". Prescott Evening Courier. November 26, 1956. p. 7.
  9. ↑ "Speidel chain tries to block possible Thomson takeover". The Montreal Gazette. November 12, 1974. p. 34.
  10. ↑ Clifton, Guy. "Late USA Today founder had major influence on Reno newspaper history". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  11. ↑ Wishart, David (ed.). "Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
  12. ↑ "Our History | St. Cloud Times". static.sctimes.com. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
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