Antioch Daily Ledger

"Ledger Dispatch" and "East County Times" redirect here. For the newspaper in Brentwood, which was owned by Bay Area News Group, see East County News.

Antioch Daily Ledger
TypeDaily newspaper
OwnerContra Costa Newspapers (Knight Ridder)
FoundedMarch 26, 1870 (1870-03-26) as Antioch Ledger
April 5, 1937 (1937-04-05) as Antioch Daily Ledger
August 7, 1994 (1994-08-07) as Ledger Dispatch
October 24, 2005 (2005-10-24) as East County Times
Ceased publication
April 2, 1937 (1937-04-02) as Antioch Ledger
August 7, 1994 (1994-08-07) as Antioch Daily Ledger
October 21, 2005 (2005-10-21) as Ledger Dispatch
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters1700 Cavallo Road, Antioch, California, U.S. (formerly)
Websitewww.eastbaytimes.com/location/antioch/

The Antioch Daily Ledger was a weekly newspaper based in Antioch, California, United States. Founded in 1870 as the Antioch Ledger, the Daily Ledger was Contra Costa County's largest newspaper until it was replaced by the Contra Costa Times. It was also Antioch's largest newspaper. The daily newspaper is published three days a week (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) as weekly community supplements of the Contra Costa Times.

History

On March 26, 1870, Messrs. J.E.W. Townsend & White published the first edition of the Antioch Ledger.[1] At some point Mr. White was replaced by Mr. Abbott. In 1871, Townsend retired and sold his interest to Eugene I. Fuller,[2] who in 1872 was bought out by H.A. Weaver.[3]

The paper was acquired by Charles F. Montgomery, formerly of the Tehama Tocsin in Red Bluff, in 1884,[4][5] Professor W.B. Johnson in 1886,[6] Mrs. L.M. Willis in 1887,[7] Mr. Gill in 1889,[8] Montgomery again in 1890,[9] Clarence G. McDaniel in 1905,[10] Albert W. Flaherty in 1921,[11] Walter B. Stafford and William G. Baily in 1935.[12]

On April 5, 1937, the newspaper expanded into a daily called the Antioch Daily Ledger.[13] In 1941, Flaherty reacquired the paper from Stafford and Baily, who had purchased the Yreka Journal.[14] In 1958, Dean Lesher, owner of the Madera News Tribune, Merced Sun-Star, and Contra Costa Times, acquired the Daily Ledger from Flaherty.[15]

In 1979, Lesher acquired the neighboring Pittsburg Post-Dispatch.[16] The Daily Ledger merged with the Pittsburg Post-Dispatch to become the Daily Ledger Post Dispatch on October 1, 1990, and was renamed again to the Ledger Dispatch on August 8, 1994. The Pittsburg Post-Dispatch was founded in 1930 with the merger of the Post and Dispatch newspapers. On August 29, 1995, two years after Lesher's death, Margaret Lesher sold the privately-held company to the Knight Ridder newspaper chain for $360 million, including the Ledger Dispatch.[17] On July 11, 2001, the Ledger Dispatch was converted from five days a week to three days a week.[18]

On October 21, 2005, the Ledger Dispatch published its last edition.[19] The newspaper became East County Times on October 24, 2005.[20] Between October 2017 and April 2018, the newspaper's former office was demolished.

References

  1. ^ "New Paper". Daily Evening Herald. Stockton, California. March 28, 1870. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Retired". Martinez News-Gazette. April 15, 1871. p. 3.
  3. ^ "New Publication Partnership". Martinez News-Gazette. October 12, 1872. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Notice". Napa County Reporter. February 29, 1884. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Resuscitated". Weekly Galt Gazette. March 8, 1884. p. 3.
  6. ^ "County Condensations". Martinez News-Gazette. April 10, 1886. p. 3.
  7. ^ "Notice". The Expositor. Fresno, California. April 11, 1887. p. 4.
  8. ^ "The Antioch Ledger Sold". Martinez News-Gazette. December 7, 1889. p. 3.
  9. ^ "In Harness Again". Martinez News-Gazette. April 9, 1890. p. 3.
  10. ^ "Notice". Woodland Daily Democrat. April 12, 1905. p. 3.
  11. ^ "Antioch Ledger Sold". The Times-Herald. Vallejo, California. September 27, 1921. p. 4.
  12. ^ "Antioch Ledger Is Sold by Flaherty". Oakland Tribune. June 28, 1935. p. 5.
  13. ^ "Antioch Ledger Now Published as Daily". The Record. Stockton, California. April 5, 1937. p. 10.
  14. ^ "Ex-Owner Buys Antioch Paper | Publishers Purchase Yreka Journal". The Record. Stockton, California. January 21, 1941. p. 2.
  15. ^ "Antioch Daily Ledger Sold". San Francisco Chronicle. June 13, 1958. p. 22.
  16. ^ Lattin, Don (January 28, 1979). "Pittsburg paper joins Lesher fold". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 25.
  17. ^ Carl T. Hall; Erin Hallissy (August 29, 1995). "Page One – East Bay Newspaper Chain Sold / Knight-Ridder buys Contra Costa Times". SFGate. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
  18. ^ "Ledger continues tradition of change". Ledger Dispatch. Knight Ridder. July 7, 2001. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  19. ^ The Local Funnies Ledger Dispatch's Obituary
  20. ^ "Antioch". Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
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