The ''Sarasota Journal'' was an American

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published in Sarasota, Florida, from 1952 until 1982. The ''Journal'' was founded in 1952 by publisher Lindsay Newspapers Inc. as an afternoon companion to their morning daily '' Sarasota Herald-Tribune'' newspaper. Citing steadily declining circulation figures, Lindsay Newspapers shut down the ''Journal'' just before a sale of the larger ''Herald-Tribune'' to the New York Times Company in late 1982 for an estimated $87 million. The final circulation figure for the ''Journal'' was 5,337, about one-third of the paper's reach in the early 1960s. The paper's last date of publication was July 9, 1982.

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1952 establishments in Florida 1982 disestablishments in Florida Defunct newspapers published in Florida Newspapers established in 1952 Publications disestablished in 1982 {{Florida-newspaper-stub