Antioch Daily Ledger
{{Short description|American daily newspaper in Antioch, California}}
{{Redirect2|Ledger Dispatch|East County Times|the newspaper in Brentwood, which was owned by Bay Area News Group|East County News}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Antioch Daily Ledger
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| type = Daily newspaper
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|1870|03|26}} as Antioch Ledger
{{Start date and age|1937|04|05}} as Antioch Daily Ledger
{{Start date and age|1994|08|07}} as Ledger Dispatch
{{Start date and age|2005|10|24}} as East County Times
| ceased publication = {{End date and age|1937|04|02}} as Antioch Ledger
{{End date and age|1994|08|07}} as Antioch Daily Ledger
{{End date and age|2005|10|21}} as Ledger Dispatch
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| owners = Contra Costa Newspapers (Knight Ridder)
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| headquarters = 1700 Cavallo Road, Antioch, California, U.S.
| website = {{URL|https://www.eastbaytimes.com/location/antioch/}}
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The Antioch Daily Ledger was a defunct weekly newspaper based in Antioch, California, United States. Founded in 1870 as the Antioch Ledger, the Daily Ledger was Contra Costa County's largest newspaper until it was replaced by the Contra Costa Times. It was also Antioch's largest newspaper. The daily newspaper publishes three days a week (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) as weekly community supplements of the Contra Costa Times.
History
The newspaper was founded on March 26, 1870 as the Antioch Ledger. On April 5, 1937, the newspaper become the Antioch Daily Ledger. In 1958, Dean Lesher purchased the Antioch Daily Ledger and begins twice-weekly home delivery of the Contra Costa Times.{{cite news|url=https://eastbaytimes.newsbank.com/doc/news/1063F9418FE9F2CE|date=August 29, 1995|title=Lesher Communications Inc.|newspaper=Contra Costa Times|publisher=Lesher Communications Inc.|access-date=May 19, 2025}} From March 15, 1975 to September 30, 1990, the newspaper was known as the Daily Ledger. In 1986, Lesher purchased the Brentwood News, a newspaper serving far East County.
It was merged with Pittsburg Post-Dispatch to become Daily Ledger Post Dispatch on October 1, 1990, and again Ledger Dispatch on August 8, 1994. Pittsburg Post-Dispatch was founded in 1930 with the merger of the Post and Dispatch newspapers. On August 29, 1995, two years after Lesher's death, Margaret Lesher sold the privately held company to the Knight Ridder newspaper chain for $360 million, including the Ledger Dispatch.{{cite web|author = Carl T. Hall|url = http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/PAGE-ONE-East-Bay-Newspaper-Chain-Sold-3025982.php|title = Page One – East Bay Newspaper Chain Sold / Knight-Ridder buys Contra Costa Times|publisher = SFGate|date = August 29, 1995|access-date = May 19, 2025|last2 = Erin Hallissy}} On July 11, 2001, the Ledger Dispatch was converted from five days a week to three days a week.{{cite news|url=https://eastbaytimes.newsbank.com/doc/news/10649FFFAB47FE43|date=July 7, 2001|title=Ledger continues tradition of change|newspaper=Ledger Dispatch|publisher=Knight Ridder|access-date=May 20, 2025}}
On October 21, 2005, Ledger Dispatch published its last edition.[http://www.balestericartoons.com/id18.html The Local Funnies]{{dead link|date=May 2025}} Ledger Dispatch's Obituary The newspaper become East County Times on October 24, 2005. Between October 2017 and April 2018, the office, which was used for the Ledger Dispatch newspaper was demolished.
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