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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 ...
The John Gottschalk Freedom Center is a newspaper production facility located at 14th Street and Capitol Avenue in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Built for the Omaha World-Herald, the building is considered to be one of the most automated and technologically advanced newspaper facilities in the world. [1][2][3] The Freedom Center has been labeled a ...
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.
Henry Doorly. 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.
1883 Omaha connected by telephone with Lincoln and Plattsmouth. 1883 The Omaha Union Stock Yards Company was organized. 1885 Gilbert Hitchcock founded the Omaha World-Herald. 1891 African American George Smith lynched in Omaha for "leering at a white woman." 1891 500 workers attack the ASARCO plant in downtown.
The acquisition comprised 30 daily newspapers in 10 states plus 49 paid weekly publications with digital sites, as well as 32 other additional print products. Daily papers include the Omaha World-Herald, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Tulsa World, and Winston-Salem Journal. Lee entered into a 10-year lease for BH Media's real estate as part of the ...
African Americans in Omaha. The civil rights movement in Omaha, Nebraska, has roots that extend back until at least 1912. With a history of racial tension that starts before the founding of the city, Omaha has been the home of numerous overt efforts related to securing civil rights for African Americans since at least the 1870s. [1]
The Omaha World-Herald, the Omaha Bee, and by 1900 the Omaha Daily News had developed into the city's most influential journals. 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 ...