The
Lincoln County Leader
is a
weekly newspaper
based in
Newport, Oregon
, United States. It was formed in January 2024 by the merger of the
Newport News-Times
and
Lincoln City News Guard
, both published by
Country Media, Inc.
The newspaper takes the name of an
earlier publication
that existed from 1893 to 1987.
[1]
The
Leader
is the
newspaper of record
for
Lincoln County
.
History
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At least 20 different newspapers have been published in the Lincoln County area.
[2]
The county's first newspaper was the
Yaquina Post
, established in 1882 and published in
Yaquina City
by Collins Van Cleve.
[2]
In 1889, Van Cleve was also publishing the
Scio Press
out of Yaquina City.
[2]
One of the papers, founded in 1886, was called the
Newport News
, but it was short-lived.
[3]
Various newspapers started and closed until 1893, when, in the same year Lincoln County was officially established from part of
Benton County
, two newspapers were started: the
Yaquina Bay News
out of Newport, and the
Lincoln County Leader
out of
Toledo
.
[2]
The
Yaquina Bay News
became known as the
Newport News
by the 1960s, after many ownership and name changes and mergers.
[2]
At this time the
Newport News
bought out the
Lincoln County Times
of
Waldport
, the two names were combined to form the
Newport
News-Times
.
[2]
The
News-Times
bought the
Lincoln County Leader
about a year later.
[2]
The
Beach Resort News
in Delake started in 1930 and the
Lincoln Coast Guard
in Nelscott started in 1937. The two merged in 1939 to form the
North Lincoln News Guard.
In 1965, the name was changed to the
Lincoln City
News Guard.
[4]
Pioneer News Group
purchased the
News Guard
in 1980.
[5]
The paper was sold to Oregon Coast Newspapers LLC in February 2003, and was sold again to Country Media, Inc. in April 2007.
[6]
At some point the
News-Times
was acquired by
Lee Enterprises
, who sold it in 2007 to
News Media Corporation
.
[7]
In 2023, the
Newport
News-Times
was sold to Country Media, Inc.
[8]
In January 2024, Country Media merged the
Newport News-Times
and
Lincoln City News Guard
into a single newspaper named after the
Lincoln County Leader
, which had published for 94 years from 1893 to 1987.
[9]
The plan was first announced in the previous October.
[10]
References
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Heinbach, Michael (January 15, 2024).
"Move over News-Times, here comes The Leader"
.
Lincoln County Leader
. Retrieved
May 4,
2024
.
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b
c
d
e
f
g
M. Constance Guardino, III & Rev. Marilyn A. Riedel (July 2008).
"Sovereigns of Themselves: A Liberating History of Oregon and Its Coast, Volume IX"
. Archived from
the original
on July 21, 2011
. Retrieved
February 20,
2011
.
- ^
Turnbull, George S. (1939).
"Lincoln County"
.
History of Oregon Newspapers
.
Binfords & Mort
.
- ^
"North Lincoln Coast Guard in Combination With the Beach Resort News (Delake, Lincoln County, Or.) 1939-1939"
.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
. Retrieved
2024-05-10
.
- ^
"Weekly Newspapers Change Hands".
The Oregonian
. October 2, 1980.
- ^
"New owners taking over coast papers"
.
Tillamook Headlight-Herald
. 2007-04-04.
Archived
from the original on October 3, 2023
. Retrieved
2023-09-09
.
- ^
"Lee Enterprises Will Sell Shoppers, Other Publications and Commercial Printing Operations in Pacific Northwest"
.
Lee Enterprises
. September 7, 2006
. Retrieved
May 10,
2024
.
- ^
"News Media Corporation sells Oregon cluster to Country Media, Inc"
.
Editor and Publisher
. September 5, 2023.
Archived
from the original on September 6, 2023
. Retrieved
September 9,
2023
.
- ^
Smith, Quinton (2024-01-11).
"Newspapers in Newport, Lincoln City combine to form Lincoln County Leader"
.
YachatsNews.com
.
Archived
from the original on 2024-01-16
. Retrieved
2024-01-16
.
- ^
Thornberry, David (2023-10-09).
"Editorial: Lincoln County Leader returns"
.
The News Guard
.
Archived
from the original on 2024-01-16
. Retrieved
2024-01-16
.
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