Albuquerque Journal

Albuquerque Journal
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
OwnerJournal Publishing Company
FounderE.W. Deer
PublisherBill Lang
Editor-in-chiefJay Newton-Small
Founded1880 (as the Golden Gate)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters7777 Jefferson Street NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
87109
Circulation41,016 Daily
49,361 Sunday[1]
ISSN1526-5137
OCLC number27038485
WebsiteOfficial website

The Albuquerque Journal is the largest newspaper in the U.S. state of New Mexico,[2] and competes with The Santa Fe New Mexican and the Las Cruces Sun-News.

The Albuquerque Journal is published Monday through Saturday with a Sunday edition called the Sunday Journal. In addition to the Journal’s daily final edition, Journal Publishing, also, issues regional newspapers. These include El Defensor Chieftain in Socorro, the Rio Rancho Observer and Valencia County News-Bulletin.[3]

History

In June 1880, E.W. Deer founded the Golden Gate, a weekly newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[4][5] A month later he died from tuberculosis.[6] That September, the Journal Publishing Company was organized, acquired the paper and relaunched it as the Albuquerque Daily Journal on October 14, 1880. Captain James A. Spradling was named managing editor.[7]

In February 1881, Spradling retired. W.H. Bailhache took over as general manager and W.M. Patton as editor.[8] That March, Tom Hughes bought the Journal.[9] In 1886, E.S. Clark, nephew of Elias S. Stover, acquired the paper.[10] In 1887, the Journal was acquired by John G. Albright, owner of the Albuquerque Daily Democrat.[11] In 1895, ownership of the papers was transferred to a corporation with A.A. Grant as principal stock owner. W.S. Burke was named editor.[12] In 1899, the two papers were merged to form the Albuquerque Journal-Democrat.[13]

In March 1903, manager George F. Albright resigned and was replaced by D.A. MacPherson and L.A. Grant who switched the paper's affiliation to Independent Republican.[14][15] That October, the paper was renamed to the Albuquerque Morning Journal.[16] In 1913, M.L. Fox became editor.[8] In 1920, Carl C. Magee acquired the paper.[17] In 1922, Magee sold it for $200,000 to Sidney M. Well.[18] In 1926, the Journal merged with The Evening Herald and Tom M. Pepperday was named publisher.[19][20] Under his watch, the paper branched out into broadcasting, leasing the state's oldest radio station, KOB, in 1932,[21] before buying it outright in 1936.[22] He built the state's first television station, KOB-TV, in 1948.[23]

Circulation over three decades grew from 7,000 to 40,000. In 1956, Pepperday died.[24] His son-in-law C. Thompson Lang took over the paper and published it until his death in 1971.[25] His son Thompson "Tom" H. Lang became publisher and handed over the paper to his brother William "Bill" P. Lang in 2012. T.H. Lang died in 2015.[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ "eCirc for US Newspapers". ACCESS ABC. September 30, 2009. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  2. ^ "Albuquerque Journal: History". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "ABQJOURNAL OBITS/PROFILES: Publishing Co. Mourns Loss". Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "Notice". Daily Gazette. Las Vegas, New Mexico. June 2, 1880. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Notice". Weekly New Mexican. Santa Fe, Mexico. June 14, 1880. p. 1.
  6. ^ "An Editor Dead". Daily Gazette. Las Vegas, New Mexico. July 9, 1880. p. 4.
  7. ^ "Notice". The Santa Fe New Mexican. September 23, 1880. p. 2.
  8. ^ a b "'Here to Stay' First Journal Editor Said in 1880". Albuquerque Journal. April 30, 1940. p. 27.
  9. ^ "Gazette Gleanings". The Las Vegas Gazette. Las Vegas, New Mexico. March 4, 1881. p. 4.
  10. ^ "Notice". Albuquerque Journal. June 20, 1886. p. 4.
  11. ^ Clark, E.S. (January 4, 1887). "To The Public". Albuquerque Journal. p. 2.
  12. ^ "The Democrat Floated | A New Corporation Assumes Control of the Albuquerque Morning Democrat". The Santa Fe New Mexican. April 16, 1895. p. 1.
  13. ^ "Notice". The Albuquerque Tribune. January 4, 1899. p. 2.
  14. ^ Albright, George F. (March 6, 1903). "Resignation". Albuquerque Journal. p. 2.
  15. ^ "Notice". Las Vegas Daily Optic. Las Vegas, New Mexico. March 7, 1903. p. 2.
  16. ^ "Notice". Las Vegas Daily Optic. Las Vegas, New Mexico. October 8, 1903. p. 4.
  17. ^ "Albuquerque Morning Journal Again Sold". The Deming Headlight. April 16, 1920. p. 1.
  18. ^ "Albuquerque Journal Sold By Carl Magee". Des Moines Tribune. June 1, 1922. p. 8.
  19. ^ "Two Newspapers Merge". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Associated Press. January 2, 1926. p. 1.
  20. ^ "Albuquerque Journal Buys Out Herald, Competitor". Alamogordo Daily News. January 7, 1926. p. 4.
  21. ^ "Albuquerque Journal To Operate KOB". The Santa Fe New Mexican. April 25, 1932. p. 1.
  22. ^ "The Tempest". Albuquerque Journal. November 3, 1936. p. 4.
  23. ^ "KOB Television Starts Regular Programs Monday". Albuquerque Journal. November 28, 1948. p. 1.
  24. ^ "Death Takes Tom Pepperday". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Associated Press. May 17, 1956. p. 6.
  25. ^ "Newspaperman of Independence | Journal Publisher C.T. Lang Dies". Albuquerque Journal. April 30, 1971. p. 1.
  26. ^ Gallagher, Mike (December 27, 2015). "Journal publisher emeritus dies at 69 | T.H. Lang was publisher, developer, philanthropist". Albuquerque Journal. p. 1.
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