MANITOWOC – A “superabundance of newspapers” led to the demise of Manitowoc’s first newspaper, Amy Meyer notes in a column Friday for its current newspaper, theHerald Times Reporter.
The community’s first newspaper, the Weekly Herald, was sold to its competition, the Tribune, in 1854 — just four years after the Herald printed its first issue, writes Meyer, who serves as executive director for the Manitowoc County Historical Society.
Manitowoc got its first daily newspaper, the Daily Herald, in 1898.
In her column, Meyer details Manitowoc County’s rich newspaper history and the mergers that eventually led to the creation of the Herald Times Reporter.
