Omaha Sun

Omaha Sun
TypeWeekly newspaper
FoundedDecember 27, 1951
Ceased publicationAugust 31, 1983
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersOmaha, Nebraska

The Omaha Sun was a weekly newspaper that published from December 27, 1951, to August 31, 1983.[1] It was formerly owned by Berkshire Hathaway, a company headed by investor Warren Buffett.[2]

The staff of The Sun Newspapers of Omaha, Nebraska, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting in 1973 for uncovering the large financial resources of Boys Town, a Catholic youth care center and charity, leading to reforms in the organization's solicitation and use of funds contributed by the public.[2][3]

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought the newspapers in 1968. The company sold them in 1980 to Hyde Park Herald publisher Bruce Sagan. The Sun newspapers stopped publishing in 1983.[1]

References

  1. ^ abFriendly, Jonathan (October 9, 1983). "Costs Force Omaha Paper into Closing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  2. ^ ab"Like many nonprofits, their mission started to drift -". Philanthropy Daily. October 31, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  3. ^The Pulitzer Prizes. "The 1973 Pulitzer Prize Winner". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved September 29, 2020.

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