Reading Eagle

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Reading Eagle
Reading Eagle front page.jpg
The July 27, 2005 front page of the
Reading Eagle
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner Reading Eagle Company
Publisher William S. Flippin
Headquarters 345 Penn St.
Reading, PA 19603-0582
United States
Official website readingeagle.com

The Reading Eagle is the major daily newspaper in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the United States. This family-owned newspaper has a daily circulation of 64,000 and a Sunday circulation of 100,000.[citation needed] It serves the Reading and Berks County region of Pennsylvania.

In late April 2009, the newspaper laid off 52 employees, about 12% of its workforce, without severance and with two weeks health benefits.[1][2]

[edit] Sunday Edition

The banner on its Sunday comics section says "Biggest Comics Section in the Land", although it used to be two full-size sections long. It carries half pages of Prince Valiant and Hagar the Horrible. As of August 2009 it also carries the following comic strips:[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Strupp, Joe (May 5, 2009). "'Reading Eagle' Layoffs Offer No Severance". Editor & Publisher. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003969358. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 
  2. ^ "Reading Eagle reduces work force". Reading Eagle. May 1, 2009. http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=136321. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 
  3. ^ The Reading Eagle, August 30, 2009

[edit] External links

Google News archives 1868-2008 [1]