Los Angeles Herald-Examiner

The Los Angeles Herald Examiner was a major Los Angeles daily newspaper, published Monday through Friday afternoon and on Saturdays. It was part of the Hearst syndicate. The afternoon Herald-Express and the morning Examiner, both of which had been publishing in the city since the turn of the century, merged in 1962. For a few years after this merger, the "Herald Examiner" claimed the largest afternoon-newspaper circulation in the country.

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Los Angeles - Hearst - 1962

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The paper was the subject of a long, costly strike by the Guild that began in 1968 in which many veteran reporters left and never returned. Equally damaging to the paper was the fallout from the strike; as its circulation went into free-fall, advertisers were reluctant to use it, and the unions campaigned effectively to its working-class readership, urging them to cancel subscriptions.

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Despite Hearst's belated efforts to restore some of the paper's luster, the Herald Examiner went out of business November 2, 1989, leaving the Los Angeles Times as the sole city-wide daily newspaper, though the San Fernando Valley-based Los Angeles Daily News has tried to take its place.

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November 2 - 1989 - Los Angeles Times - San Fernando Valley - Los Angeles Daily News

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The Herald Examiner is available on microfilm at the downtown branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.

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