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Brush-Moore Newspapers Industry Media Founded 1927 Defunct 1967 Fate Acquired by Thomson Newspapers
Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc. was a United States newspaper group based in Ohio which had its origins in 1923 and was sold to Thomson Newspapers in 1967 for $72 million, the largest ever newspaper transaction at that time.[1] [2]
In 1923, Louis Herbert Brush, who had joined the Salem News (of Salem, Ohio ) as a manager in 1894 and purchased it in 1897,[3] The Marion Star Warren G. Harding .[4] [5] Time [6] [3]
Brush and Moore
Joseph K. Vodrey, son of W.H. Vodrey Jr., became general manager of Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc. in 1946. Vodrey was Vice-President and a member of the Brush-Moore board of directors from 1951 to 1968, when he retired. He also served as Vice-President and as a Director of the Beaverkettle Company.
At the time of the 1967 sale, Brush-Moore owned 12 daily papers, including six in Ohio (the Canton Repository East Liverpool Review , Salem News , Steubenville Herald Marion Star , and Portsmouth Times California (Times-Standard San Gabriel Valley Tribune Oxnard Press-Courier Maryland (Salisbury Daily Times Pennsylvania (Hanover Evening Sun ), and West Virginia (Weirton Daily Times ), with a total circulation of approximately 540,000.[1] [7]
Holdings [ edit ]
Salem News . Owned by Brush since 1897. Sold to Thomson in 1967.
East Liverpool Review . Acquired by Brush in 1901.[8]
The Marion Star . Acquired in 1923 from President Warren G. Harding. Sold to Thomson in 1967.
Steubenville Herald Acquired 1925.[8]
Canton Repository . Acquired 1927.[9]
Portsmouth Times . Acquired 1930.[10] [11]
Canton Daily News . Acquired and shut down this 97-year-old paper in 1930, leaving Brush-Moore with the only evening paper in the town.[12]
Ironton Tribune . Acquired 50% interest in 1930, and full ownership in 1955.[11] [citation needed
California [ edit ]
Ohio Broadcasting Co. was a subsidiary of Brush-Moore which focused on radio interests.
WHBC (AM ) (Canton, Ohio). Purchased 1936.
WPAY (AM ) (Portsmouth, Ohio), acquired in 1944 through purchase of Scioto Broadcasting company.[8]
WONE (AM ) (Dayton, Ohio). Purchased in 1961,[20] [21] [22]
WONE-FM (now WTUE ) (Dayton, Ohio). Purchased in 1961,[20] [21] [22]
WONE-TV (now WKEF ). Dayton television station, purchased in 1961,[20] Springfield Television .[23] [24]
WPDQ (Jacksonville, Florida). Sold in 1964 to Belk Broadcasting Co.[25]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Louis H. Brush, 76, Publisher, Is Dead: Chairman of Board of Ohio Newspaper Chain is Stricken at Republican Convention , The New York Times
^ The Press: Ledger to Brush-Moore? , Time (magazine)
^ Roy Moore Dead; Ohio Publisher, 66 , The New York Times
^ The Press: Magnates , Time (magazine)
^ 12 Brush-Moore Newspapers Sold to Thomson , The New York Times
^ a b c The National cyclopaedia of American biography , p.66 (1967)
^ Newspapers May Finance: Brush-Moore Chain Buys Two Publications in Canton , The New York Times
^ Harry E. Taylor, Ohio Editor, Dead , The New York Times
^ a b Ownership Of Ironton Newspaper Passes To Brush-Moore Co. , Park City Daily News
^ COX SELLS CANTON NEWS.; Brush-Moore Group to Discontinue Paper Don Mellett Served , The New York Times
^ "Eastern Company Buys Paper in West Covina" . Los Angeles Times ProQuest 167601107 . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012.
^ "Ohio Company Buys Oxnard Press-Courier" . Los Angeles Times ProQuest 168243424 . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012.
^ Thompson, Mike (November 18, 2004). "Honoring the 150th Anniversary of the Times-Standard" . Congressional Record 150 (133). Retrieved January 4, 2024 .
^ Maryland Papers Sold; Salisbury Journals Are Published Now by Brush-Moore , The New York Times
^ Out of the past: 25 years ago , Gettysburg Times
^ Welch, Jack. History of Hancock County , p.97 (1963)
^ The Arizona Star Is Sold Provisionally to Ohio Chain , November 26, 1964
^ a b c "The Media: Changing Hands" (PDF) . Broadcasting . March 27, 1961. pp. 78, 79. Retrieved September 19, 2015 – via American Radio History.
^ a b WONE Bought , Billboard (magazine)
^ a b Summit Radio Unit Acquires Dayton, Ohio, Radio Station , The Wall Street Journal
^ "The Media: Changing Hands" (PDF) . Broadcasting . December 16, 1963. p. 71 . Retrieved September 19, 2015 – via American Radio History.
^ "For the Record: Ownership Changes" (PDF) . Broadcasting . December 16, 1963. p. 104. Retrieved September 19, 2015 – via American Radio History.
^ WPDQ Jacksonville sold for $750,000 , Broadcasting , Volume 66, pp. 9, 96 (1964)
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