Lloydminster Meridian Booster
{{Short description|Canadian newspaper in Saskatchewan}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Meridian Booster
| logo =
| type = Weekly newspaper
| format = Tabloid
| foundation = 1959
| owners = Lloydminster Source
| publisher = Reid Keebaugh
| maneditor = Taylor Weaver
| sportseditor = Eric Healey
| circulation = 14,401
| website = [http://www.meridianbooster.com/ www.meridianbooster.com]
}}
The Lloydminster Meridian BoosterLloydminster Meridian Booster, [http://www.meridianbooster.com/ "Meridian Booster"], Sun Media is a newspaper based out of Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, Canada. It is published weekly on Wednesday. It publishes a mix of community, provincial and national news and is owned by the Lloydminster Source, another newspaper based out of Lloydminster.
History
In 1958, Byron Keebaugh founded Meridian Printing Ltd. and founded the Meridian Booster the following year in 1959. Keebaugh an early adopter of offset printing, introduced the technology to Lloydminster at a time when it was generally only used in larger newspaper markets like Edmonton and Calgary.
The Booster was later sold to Sun Media.[http://www.meridianbooster.com/2014/01/16/keebaughs-legacy "Keebaugh's Legacy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234924/http://www.meridianbooster.com/2014/01/16/keebaughs-legacy |date=2016-03-04 }}, Meridian Booster
Following the founding of the Booster, Keebaugh also came to own numerous community newspapers including The Vermilion Standard, The Meadow Lake Progress, and the Bonnyville Nouvelle.
In December 2016, Postmedia, the successor to Sun Media, sold the newspaper to the Lloydminster Source.{{cite web | url=https://www.mylloydminsternow.com/9423/meridian-booster-purchased-lloydminster-source/ | title=Meridian Booster purchased by Lloydminster Source }}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.meridianbooster.com}}
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Category:Mass media in Lloydminster
Category:Newspapers established in 1959
Category:Weekly newspapers published in Alberta
Category:Weekly newspapers published in Saskatchewan