Early Helena newspapers included The Daily Independent and The Helena Weekly Independent.
The roots of the IR lie in two newspapers that were founded in 1867, The Daily Herald of Helena and The Weekly Independent of Deer Lodge.
The Daily Herald started publishing in Helena on August 2, 1867.[3]The Weekly Independent started publishing in Deer Lodge on October 12, 1867,[4] and then moved to Helena in March 1874,[5] and began publication as The Daily Independent, and then, in 1875, as The Helena Independent.[6]
The Herald later merged with The Montana Daily Record, which was founded in August 1900.[7] The new publication was renamed The Montana Record-Herald.[8] Additionally, on November 22, 1943, another merger followed: this time with The Helena Independent, to become the Independent Record.[9]
After over thirty years of ownership by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, the IR was sold to Lee Enterprises in 1959. The IR converted from hot metal to phototype in 1973, and in 1975, installed one of the first newsroom computer systems. In the summer of 2002, a new press plant was opened and housed in a new 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) printing and distribution center.
Starting July 11, 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]
independent, record, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, septem. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Independent Record news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Independent Record often abbreviated to IR is a daily newspaper printed and distributed in Helena Montana The newspaper is owned by Lee Enterprises 2 Independent RecordTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s Lee EnterprisesPublisherDave WorstellEditorMatthew KiewietFoundedAugust 2 1867 as The Daily Herald and October 12 1867 as The Weekly IndependentLanguageEnglishHeadquartersHelena MontanaCountryUnited StatesCirculation14 083 Daily as of 2023 1 ISSN2326 9588 print 2326 9596 web OCLC number11978496Websitehelenair wbr comMedia of the United StatesList of newspapers Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp Early Helena newspapers included The Daily Independent and The Helena Weekly Independent The roots of the IR lie in two newspapers that were founded in 1867 The Daily Herald of Helena and The Weekly Independent of Deer Lodge The Daily Herald started publishing in Helena on August 2 1867 3 The Weekly Independent started publishing in Deer Lodge on October 12 1867 4 and then moved to Helena in March 1874 5 and began publication as The Daily Independent and then in 1875 as The Helena Independent 6 The Herald later merged with The Montana Daily Record which was founded in August 1900 7 The new publication was renamed The Montana Record Herald 8 Additionally on November 22 1943 another merger followed this time with The Helena Independent to become the Independent Record 9 After over thirty years of ownership by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company the IR was sold to Lee Enterprises in 1959 The IR converted from hot metal to phototype in 1973 and in 1975 installed one of the first newsroom computer systems In the summer of 2002 a new press plant was opened and housed in a new 30 000 square foot 2 800 m2 printing and distribution center Starting July 11 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 See also editMontana Free Press an investigative journalism organization based in Helena MontanaReferences edit Lee Enterprises Form 10 K investors lee net Retrieved February 29 2024 About Lee Lee Enterprises Retrieved November 12 2011 About The Daily herald volume Helena M T i e Mont 1867 186 Chronicling America Library of Congress Retrieved 22 October 2020 About The weekly independent volume Deer Lodge City Mont 1867 1875 Chronicling America Library of Congress Retrieved 22 October 2020 About The Helena independent volume Helena Mont 1875 1943 Chronicling America Library of Congress Retrieved 22 October 2020 About The Daily independent volume Helena Mont 1874 1875 Chronicling America Library of Congress Retrieved 22 October 2020 About The Montana daily record volume Helena Mont 1900 1916 Chronicling America Library of Congress Retrieved 22 October 2020 About The Montana record herald volume Helena Mont 1916 1943 Chronicling America Library of Congress Retrieved 22 October 2020 About The independent record volume Helena Mont 1943 current Chronicling America Library of Congress Retrieved 22 October 2020 Your expanded Helena Independent Record coming soon The Independent Record 2023 06 11 Retrieved 2023 06 24 External links editOfficial website nbsp LCCN sn85053105 nbsp nbsp This article about a Montana newspaper is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Independent Record amp oldid 1211133153, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
