Sarasota Journal
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Lindsay Newspapers Inc
Founder(s)Lindsay Newspapers Inc
PublisherLindsay Newspapers Inc
Founded1952
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publicationJuly 9, 1982
HeadquartersSarasota, Florida
Sister newspapersSarasota Herald-Tribune

The Sarasota Journal was an American daily newspaper published in Sarasota, Florida, from 1952 until 1982. The Journal was founded in 1952 by publisher Lindsay Newspapers Inc. as an afternoon companion to their morning daily Sarasota Herald-Tribune newspaper.[1][2]

Citing steadily declining circulation figures, Lindsay Newspapers shut down the Journal just before a sale of the larger Herald-Tribune to the New York Times Company in late 1982 for an estimated $87 million.[1][3] The final circulation figure for the Journal was 5,337, about one-third of the paper's reach in the early 1960s.[4]

The paper's last date of publication was July 9, 1982.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Anthony Cormier (July 7, 2009). "Former publisher was avid ecologist". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  2. ^ "About this Newspaper: Sarasota Journal". Chronicling America. The Library of Congress. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "The Tampa Times Ends 90 Years of Publishing". The New York Times. United Press International. August 15, 1982. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  4. ^ "Sarasota Journal Closes". The New York Times. Associated Press. July 10, 1982. Retrieved May 5, 2010.


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