The Daily Nonpareil is a daily newspaper serving Council Bluffs and a 10-county area of southwest Iowa.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Lee Enterprises |
| Publisher | Thomas Schmitt |
| Managing editor | Courtney Brummer-Clark |
| News editor | Mike Brownlee |
| Director of Interactive | Susan Payne |
| Founded | May 2, 1857 |
| Headquarters | 300 West Broadway, Suite 108 Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 3,944 Daily (as of 2023)[1] |
| ISSN | 1046-1833 |
| OCLC number | 12895103 |
| Website | nonpareilonline |
History
editThe Daily Nonpareil is southwest Iowa's largest newspaper.[2] It was founded on May 2, 1857.[3]
The paper was acquired in 2011 by Berkshire Hathaway, when it bought the paper's then parent, the Omaha World-Herald and its other subsidiary newspapers in Kearney, Grand Island, York, North Platte, and Scottsbluff, Nebraska.[4] The World-Herald acquired partial ownership in 2000 and full ownership in 2007.[5]
In 2020, Lee Enterprises purchased BH Media Group's newspapers. This purchase included The Daily Nonpareil, the Clarinda Herald-Journal, the Shenandoah Valley News Today, the Logan-Woodbine Twiner, and the Denison Bulletin-Review. On March 16, 2020, Lee officially took over as The Daily Nonpareil's parent company.
Unusually, the paper made a dual-party endorsement in 2016, endorsing both Bernie Sanders and John Kasich, as the best-qualified nominees of the two major parties.[6]
From 1965 to 2000, it was owned by several newspaper chains,[7] including Thomson Newspapers[8] and MediaNews Group.[9]
Starting June 20, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, the newspaper will transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.[10]
References
edit- ^ Lee Enterprises. "Form 10-K". investors.lee.net. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "The Daily Nonpareil". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "About The Council Bluffs nonpareil". chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Paper's sale is vote of confidence".
- ^ "Timeline: The Omaha World-Herald's 150-year story". Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Our View: Two strong standouts in Iowa Caucuses". Daily Nonpareil. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "NONPAREIL SALE RAISES EYEBROWS – Editor & Publisher". www.editorandpublisher.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Dirks, Van Essen, Murray & April - Transactions". www.dirksvanessen.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ Belin, Laura (2023-05-22). "More Iowa newspapers cut back on print editions". Bleeding Heartland. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
