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The newspaper was the world's last to print both daily morning and afternoon editions, a practice it ended in March 2016. [3]The World-Herald was the largest employee-owned newspaper in the United States from 1979 until 2011: Omaha construction magnate Peter Kiewit bought the newspaper and its television station, the local ABC affiliate, in 1962 for $40.1 million from Omaha-based World ...
OCLC number. 42958170. The Omaha Daily Bee, in Nebraska, United States, was a leading Republican newspaper that was active in the late 19th and early 20th century. The paper's editorial slant frequently pitted it against the Omaha Herald, the Omaha Republican and other local papers. [1] After a 1927 merger, it was published as the Bee-News ...
The Omaha Race Riot occurred in Omaha, Nebraska, September 28–29, 1919.The race riot resulted in the lynching of Will Brown, a black civilian; the death of two white rioters; the injuries of many Omaha Police Department officers and civilians, including the attempted hanging of Mayor Edward Parsons Smith; and a public rampage by thousands of white rioters who set fire to the Douglas County ...
Henry Doorly (November 9, 1879 – June 21, 1961) was the chairman of the World Publishing Company and publisher of the Omaha World-Herald in Nebraska, founded by his father-in-law, U.S. Senator Gilbert Hitchcock. Doorly worked for the company for 58 years, [1] and became a highly influential figure in the city.
Weekly and semi-weekly newspapers. Ainsworth Star-Journal – Ainsworth. Albion News – Albion. Alliance Times-Herald – Alliance. Antelope County News /Orchard News – Neligh. Harlan County Journal – Alma. Ashland Gazette – Ashland. Nemaha County Herald – Auburn. Aurora News-Register – Aurora.
The Ram, Fordham University student newspaper (roughly 1918–2008) Free. The Polytechnic (1869, 1885–2001) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student newspaper Free. The Spectrum (1950–1962), State University of New York at Buffalo Free. The Record (1913–2006), State University of New York College at Buffalo Free.
The city's premier newspapers, the Omaha Bee and the Omaha World-Herald, were founded in 1874 and 1885, respectively. Omaha was the location of the 1892 convention that formed the Populist Party , with its aptly titled Omaha Platform written by "radical farmers" from throughout the Midwest.
The African American community in Omaha has had several newspapers serve it. The first was the Progress, established in 1889 by Ferdinand L. Barnett. Cyrus D. Bell, an ex-slave, established the Afro-American Sentinel in 1892. In 1893 George F. Franklin started publishing the Enterprise, later published by Thomas P. Mahammitt.