Hazleton's Media History - Greater Hazleton Historical Society

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Hazleton has always been a newspaper town. As of the late 1800s, the major English newspapers were the Sentinel and the Plain Speaker, which ran daily editions. The Standard was a weekly newspaper that published weekly in English. The publishers were L.G. Lubrecht and Henry A. Buchenau. The Standard-Speaker is the result of a merger between the Standard-Sentinel (morning paper) and Plain Speaker (evening paper). The Standard-Sentinel and Plain Speaker were merged by Henry Walser and John R. Deshuck. The Walser family published the Standard-Speaker until Times-Shamrock Communications purchased the paper in 2007. Foreign newspapers also served the city’s large immigrant population, including the Journal, Volksbott, and Il Trentino. In addition, Hazletonians were known for getting information from out-of-town newspapers. In the city’s early days, many Hazletonians subscribed to newspapers from New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Elmira, Wilkes-Barre, and Pottsville. This tradition continued well into the 20th century, when Hazleton didn’t have a Sunday newspaper. Many families subscribed to the New York Journal-American, the New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Philadelphia Bulletin, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and other out-of-town newspapers