Howard Publications

Howard Publications was a family-owned company of 16 newspapers. The company was acquired by Lee Enterprises on February 12, 2002 for $694 million.

List of previously owned newspapers

• North County Times (Escondido, California; later sold and merged into The San Diego Union-Tribune)
• The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster, Indiana)
• Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa)
• Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)
• The Post-Star (Glen Falls, New York)
• Casper Star-Tribune (Casper, Wyoming)
• Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho)
• The Daily News (Longview, Washington)
• The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, South Carolina)
• The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)
• The Journal Standard (Freeport, Illinois; now owned by GateHouse Media)
• The Leader (Corning, New York; now owned by GateHouse Media)
• The Citizen (Auburn, New York)
• Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois)
• The Ledger Independent (Maysville, Kentucky)
• Times-Courier (Charleston, Illinois)
• The Vidette Times (Valparaiso, Indiana; merged into The Times of Northwest Indiana)
• Escondido Times-Advocate (merged into the North County Times)