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. Howard Publications also owns and energy company, oil production, and a news service, Howard News Service, which were not part of the sale to Lee Enterprises.

List of newspapers previously owned by Howard Publications

• North County Times
• The Times of Northwest Indiana
• Sioux City Journal
• Waterloo Courier
• The Post-Star
• Casper Star-Tribune
• Times-News
• The Daily News
• The Times and Democrat
• The Sentinel
• The Journal-Standard
• The Leader
• The Citizen
• Journal Gazette
• The Ledger-Independent
• Times-Courier
• The Vidette Times