The Columbian

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The Columbian
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Columbian Publishing Co. (Campbell family)
Founder(s)Tom Carolan
PublisherBen Campbell
EditorCraig Brown
Founded1890
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Vancouver, Washington
Circulation 48,078(as of 2022) [1]
ISSN 1043-4151
OCLC number 15644994
Website columbian.com

The Columbian is a daily newspaper serving the Vancouver, Washington, and Clark County, Washington area. It is owned by the Campbell family [2] and is the newspaper of record for Vancouver and Washougal. [3]

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History

Tom Carolan first published the Vancouver Columbian on October 10, 1890. [4] He started the paper with S. D. Dennis as a means to promote the Democratic Party and act as counterweight to the local Republican newspaper The Vancouver Independent. [5] Dennis left the paper in 1896 and was replaced by Joseph A. C. Brant. Republican Samuel J. Miller took the reins in 1900. Less than a year later the paper was turned over to M. M. Banister. Five years later he sold out to E. E. Beard, publisher of The Olympian. [5] Under Beard, the paper went from weekly to daily print publication on October 19, 1908. [6] After twelve years Beard sold the paper to George Hyland, who sold out after six months to William H. Hornibrook in April 1919. [5] Hornibrook sold the paper to Herbert Campbell, with the ownership change going into effect on May 1, 1921. [7]

In 1928, the newspaper moved from the Odd Fellows' building at 4th and Washington streets [8] into a newly constructed office building at the northwest corner of 10th and Broadway made specifically for the paper. The construction costs was $40,000. [9] One person remarked the property looked like a bank. [10]

In August 1947, rival newspaper Vancouver Daily Sun shuttered after publishing for four decades [11] and its subscriber list and advertising accounts were taken over by the Vancouver Columbian. [5] In 1954, construction on a new printing plant for the paper costing $375,000 began at West 8th and Grant street. The project was scheduled to be completed in July 1955. [12] The Columbian published its first Sunday edition on Aug. 6, 1972, [13] and added a Saturday edition on July 10, 1999. [14]

The paper briefly relocated to new offices just south of Esther Short Park on Jan. 13, 2008, [15] but, citing declining revenue, relocated to their original building at 701 W. 8th St. by December of the same year in an attempt to avert bankruptcy. [16] On May 1, 2009, The Columbian filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [17] On Feb. 5, 2010, the company emerged from bankruptcy. [18] On June 10, 2010, the city of Vancouver purchased the former Columbian building and surrounding land downtown for $18.5 million from the Bank of America to become its new city hall. [19]

Ben Campbell, the paper's fourth generation owner, was named publisher in 2020. [20]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy" (PDF). League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund. November 14, 2022.
  2. ↑ "The Columbian Publishing Co". The Columbian. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  3. ↑ As appointed by Washougal city code section 1.08.010
  4. ↑ "Columbian launched as Democratic newspaper". The Columbian. October 10, 1990. p. 35.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "The Columbian Can Look Back and See 65 Years of Colorful History". The Columbian. October 3, 1955. p. 33.
  6. ↑ "The Daily Columbian". The Columbian. October 19, 1908. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "Evening Columbian Sold". The Tacoma Daily Ledger. May 1, 1921. p. 10.
  8. ↑ "Vancouver Columbian Moves". The Sunday Oregonian. April 15, 1928. p. 22.
  9. ↑ "Columbian Moving Into New Home | Large Quarters In Modern Plant To Be Occupied". The Columbian. April 14, 1928. p. 1.
  10. ↑ "Columbian Building Looks Like Bank". The Columbian. May 14, 1928. p. 3.
  11. ↑ "Spokane Chronicle". Associated Press. August 30, 1947. p. 15.
  12. ↑ "Paper to Build $375,000 Plant". The Oregon Daily Journal. November 3, 1954. p. 7.
  13. ↑ Rystrom, Kenneth (December 10, 1972). "How the Sunday Columbian came out". The Columbian. p. 25.
  14. ↑ Campbell, Scott (July 10, 1999). "Welcome to Columbian's Saturday edition". The Columbian. p. 1.
  15. ↑ "The Columbian Timeline," The Columbian, January 11, 2008, page C8.
  16. ↑ "Columbian could file bankruptcy". Portland Business Journal. October 8, 2008. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  17. ↑ "The Columbian Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection". The Seattle Times. May 2, 2009. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  18. ↑ Anderson, Julia (February 5, 2010). "The Columbian is out of bankruptcy". The Columbian. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  19. ↑ Damewood, Andrea (June 3, 2010). "Vancouver reaches $18.5 million deal on City Hall sale". The Columbian. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  20. ↑ Brown, Craig (December 25, 2024). "The Columbian names Ben Campbell as new publisher". The Columbian. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
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