Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Independent Record
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Independent Record | |
|---|---|
 A sample front page of the Independent Record |
|
| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
|
|
|
| Owner | Lee Enterprises |
| Publisher | Pat Schlauch |
| Editor | Dave Shors |
| Founded | 1867 (as the Independent) |
| Headquarters | 317 Cruse St. Helena, MT 59601 United States |
|
|
|
| Website: HelenaIR.com | |
The Independent Record (often abbreviated to IR) is a daily paid-for newspaper printed and distributed in Helena, Montana. Its has a daily and Sunday circulation of approximately 14,000, according to a September 30, 2005 Audit Bureau of Circulations Publisher Statement. The newspaper is part of the Lee Enterprises group which owns 58 newspapers in 23 states, making Lee Enterprises the fourth largest newspaper company in the United States in terms of dailies owned.[1]
The roots of today's IR lie in two newspapers founded in 1867, the weekly Independent in Deer Lodge, and the daily Herald in Helena. The Independent soon moved to Helena and began daily publication in 1874. The Herald later merged with the Montana Daily Record, which was founded in 1900. This merged publication, named the Montana Herald-Record, eventually entered another merger in 1943, this time with the Independent, to become today's Independent Record.
After over thirty years of ownership by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, the IR was bought by Lee Enterprises in 1959. The IR converted from hot metal to phototype in 1973, and in 1975 installed one of the first newsroom computer systems. In the summer of 2002 a new press plant was opened, housed in a new 30,000-square-foot printing and distribution center. [2]
The IR is known for its Friday editorial, "Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down," in which it gives its stamp of either approval or disapproval to both local and national/global events.
| Corporate Directors: Mary E. Junck President & CEO | Richard R. Cole | Nancy S. Donovan | William E. Mayer | Herbert W. Moloney III | Andrew E. Newman | Gordon D. Prichett | Gregory P. Schermer | Mark Vittert |
| Newspapers: Arizona Daily Sun | Arizona Daily Star | North County Times | The Sentinel | The Lompoc Record | Napa Valley Register | Santa Maria Times | The Garden Island | South Idaho Press | The Times-News | The Pantagraph | The Southern Illinoisan | Times-Courier | Herald & Review | Daily Chronicle | Journal Gazette | The Times | Quad-City Times | Globe Gazette | Muscatine Journal | Sioux City Journal | Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier | The Ledger Independent | Winona Daily News | Daily Journal | St. Louis Post Dispatch | Billings Gazette | Montana Standard | Ravalli Republic | Independent Record | Missoulian | Beatrice Daily Sun | Columbus Telegram | Fremont Tribune | Lincoln Journal Star | Elko Daily Free Press | The Citizen | The Post-Star | Albany Democrat-Herald | The World | Corvallis Gazette-Times | Cottage Grove Sentinel | Lebanon Express | Springfield News | The Sentinel | The Times and Democrat | Rapid City Journal | The Daily Herald | The Daily News | Baraboo News Republic | Daily Citizen | The Chippewa Herald | La Crosse Tribune | The Capital Times | Wisconsin State Journal | Portage Daily Register | The Journal Times | The Daily News | Shawano Leader | Casper Star-Tribune |
Annual Revenue: $860.859 million USD ( 6.28% FY 2005) | Employees: | Stock Symbol: NYSE: LEE | Website: www.lee.net |
 |
This article about a United States newspaper is a stub. You can help by expanding it. |
 |
This Montana-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |