Alexander City Outlook

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Alexander City Outlook
Alexander City Outlook logo.png
TypeTwice Weekly Newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc
PublisherSteve Baker
EditorKaitlin Fleming
Founded1892 (1892)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Alexander City, Alabama
Circulation 2050
ISSN 0738-5110
OCLC number 9612603
Website alexcityoutlook.com

The Alexander City Outlook is a twice weekly newspaper publication in eastern Alabama. The Outlook has been in constant publication since it was founded in 1892 by Capt. J.D. Dickson. [1] [2] It has a circulation of about 2050 copies and is owned by Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. [3] [4] It publishes Tuesday-Saturday in Alexander City, Alabama. [2]

History

In 1946 it was sold to publisher J. C. Henderson by Benjamin Russell's estate. [5]

In 1972, it went from weekly to daily publication. [1]

Boone Newspapers purchased the paper in 1974. [6]

In 1989, Kenneth Boone, son of the owner of Boone Newspapers, became the publisher of the Outlook, later purchasing it for himself in 1991. [7]

On July 2, 2018, Alexander City Outlook editor Mitch Sneed died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. [8] In his tenure at the Outlook, Sneed had won multiple awards from the Alabama Press Association for feature stories, news coverage, and photography. [9] The current editor is Kaitlin Fleming.

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References

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  5. "Publisher of state's biggest weekly chain started with a rush and has never slowed". Montgomery Advertiser. 20 Oct 1949.
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  9. "Newspaper Editor Mitch Sneed Killed in Car Crash". U.S. News & World Report. 2 July 2018.