Leavenworth Echo

The Leavenworth Echo is a weekly newspaper in Leavenworth, Washington, United States. Founded in 1904, it was sold to Ward Media LLC in August 2023.[2]

Leavenworth Echo
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)
  • Independent
  • (1904–20)
  • Echo Publishing Company
  • (1920–2000)
  • NCW Media, Inc.
  • (2000–23)
  • Ward Media, LLC
  • (2023–present)
Founded1904 (1904)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersLeavenworth, Washington
Circulation1,600 (as of 2022)[1]
OCLC number16996294
Websiteleavenworthecho.com

History

The Echo was founded by Deed H. Mayar and published its first edition on January 15, 1904.[3] It was preceded by a now-defunct newspaper, the Journal, which began publication in 1898.[4] The newspaper leaned Republican and was published from Mayar's home in a five-column format.[5]

Mayar was later elected as the first mayor of Leavenworth when the town was incorporated in 1906.[3][6] The newspaper's editors during this period were Deed and his son Julian, who later enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War I.[7]

Mayar retired in 1919 and sold the newspaper to the Echo Publishing Company (EPC).[3] After acquiring it from EPC along with the Cashmere Valley Record in 2000,[8][9] NCW Media, Inc. sold the newspaper in August 2023 to Ward Media, LLC.[10]

References
  1. "The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy" (PDF). League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund. 2022-11-14.
  2. "NCW Media Inc. completes sale of five local newspapers to Ward Media LLC". Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  3. "The Leavenworth Echo". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  4. Roe, JoAnn (2002). Stevens Pass: The Story of Railroading and Recreation in the North Cascades. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-87004-428-1. OCLC 50270053. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. Steele, Richard F. (1904). An Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan Counties, Volume 2. Spokane, Washington: Western Historical Publishing Company. p. 852. OCLC 10817801. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. "We Incorporate". The Leavenworth Echo. August 3, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. icon of an open green padlock
  7. "More or Less News". The Washington Newspaper. Department of Journalism, University of Washington. July 1927. p. 218. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. "Newspaper owner named Leavenworth's Royal Lady". Cashmere Valley Record. March 8, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  9. "Editor & Publisher 1998-04-18: Vol 131 Iss 16". Duncan McIntosh. 18 April 1998.
  10. "Ward Media, LLC acquires 5 newspapers in North Central Washington from NCW Media, Inc". Editor and Publisher. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
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