The Reader (newspaper)
The Reader is an alternative newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Reader was established in 1984 by a group that included John Heaston, Dan Beckmann, and others. Beckmann bought out Heaston in 1999, then sold nearly all of his ownership interest in February 2000 to 77-year-old Alan Baer, a member of the family that had founded the J. L. Brandeis and Sons department store chain.[1] Baer replaced Beckmann as publisher a few months later.[2]
Meanwhile, John Heaston established another paper, the Omaha Weekly, in March 2000. After Alan Baer died in November 2002, Heaston bought the Reader and merged it with the Weekly.[3]
The Reader's corporate owner, Pioneer Publishing, also publishes several other papers and websites, including the Spanish language El Perico.[4]
In January 2015, The Reader changed its publication frequency from weekly to monthly and increased daily content on The Reader's website.[5]
References
- ^ "Omaha Reader Sold to Department Store Heir: Former Owner Beckman Remains as Publisher", Altweeklies.com, March 22, 2000.
- ^ Christine Iwan, "Omaha Reader Owner Takes Over as Publisher", Altweeklies.com, May 22, 2000.
- ^ Christine Laue, "Two Omaha, Neb., Weekly Newspapers to Merge", Omaha World-Herald/Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December 23, 2002 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
- ^ Jon Whiten, "Diversity Grants Fund Innovative Projects at Two Alt-Weeklies", Altweeklies.com, May 28, 2009.
- ^ Heaston, John (November 25, 2014). "Print Deep, Web Daily". The Reader.
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