The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the leading newspaper in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, covering news, events and opinions in St. Louis and across Missouri and southern Illinois. It is distributed as far west as Springfield, Missouri.
The newspaper was founded in 1878 by Joseph Pulitzer, who bought the bankrupt St. Louis Dispatch and merged it with the St. Louis Evening Post. Upon his retirement, Pulitzer wrote that the Post-Dispatch "will always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty."
Circulation estimate: 99,618
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is one of the highest circulation newspapers in the USA.
This newspaper is owned by Lee Enterprises, Inc.
| Book editor: | Jane Henderson |
| Business editor: | Sarah Garrecht Gassen |
| Entertainment editor: | Amy Bertand |
| Sports editor: | Roger Hensley |
| Travel editor: | Amy Bertand |
For St. Louis Post-Dispatch contact information, see the Missouri news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
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-- Lee Enterprises publishes over 400 American newspapers including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. On November 22, 2021, private equity company Alden Global Capital, which owns MediaNews Group and Tribune Publishing, offered to buy Lee Enterprises for about $141 million. Details are in the Alden Global Capital press release.
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, December 2, 2021
-- Even if the $665,000 worth of stock that
Lee Enterprises, Inc. recently gave to CEO Mary Junck wouldn't have saved all of the jobs subsequently cut at the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch -- as her $500K bonus earlier in the year might have for jobs cut in Montana -- the timing of the company's announcements could have been better.
So argues Bill McClellan, a columnist at the Post-Dispatch who has in the past voiced his...
-- Robbins, the former editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, begins his duties at ASNE on July 9, 2012.
ASNE president Susan Goldberg announced the appointment on June 11, 2012.
"We are overjoyed to have such a distinguished news executive and champion of innovation join ASNE at this pivotal moment in our history," said Goldberg. "Arnie is an experienced and gifted leader, administrator and journalist who can help us...
-- Robbins, who served as editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for six-plus years and as managing editor for seven years, steps down on May 18, 2012.
More from Robbins steps down as editor of Post-Dispatch; Bailon takes role, published May 4, 2012:
"Robbins told his staff that it was his decision and that it was time for him to embark on the next chapter of his life.
"I've been in this business for 37 years and the...
-- Rather than get rid of debt, Lee Enterprises, Inc., which owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and 47 other daily newspapers, will wind up paying significantly higher interest on it -- 9.2%, up from 5.1%
From Judge confirms Lee Enterprises' bankruptcy plan, published by the Post-Dispatch on January 23, 2012:
"When it filed its pre-packaged bankruptcy, Lee said it had secured agreements with 97 percent of...Also in Missouri...
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