The ''Burbank Leader'' is a weekly
newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...
published by the
Outlook Newspapers Group in
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank had a Census-estimated population of 102,755 as of 2023. The city was ...
.
History
The ''Burbank Daily Review'' was founded in 1908, and later acquired by the
Copley Press
Copley Press was a privately held newspaper business, founded in Illinois but later based in La Jolla, California. Its flagship paper was ''The San Diego Union-Tribune''.
History
Founder Ira Clifton Copley launched Copley Press c. 1905, eventu ...
. Copley sold the ''Daily Review'' and the ''
Glendale News Press'' to
Morris Newspapers in 1974; however Morris sold off the papers two years later.
Ingersoll Publications bought the papers in 1980. The ''Daily Review'' was replaced by the biweekly ''Burbank Leader'' in 1985.
Page Group Publishing, who had just bought the ''
Orange Coast Daily Pilot'' and the ''
Huntington Beach Independent'', acquired the papers from Ingersoll in 1989. Times Mirror bought the newspaper group in 1993.
On April 18, 2020, it was announced by the ''Los Angeles Times'' that the newspaper would cease publication. Before the closure, the print circulation was around 5,000 copies. On April 30, 2020, the Burbank Leader was purchased by the Outlook Newspaper Group. The newspaper will continue to be published by its new owner.
See also
* ''
Glendale News-Press''
*
Outlook Newspapers Group
References
External links
Official website
Daily newspapers published in Greater Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
1908 establishments in California
Burbank, California
Mass media in Los Angeles County, California
Tribune Publishing
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