The Montana Standard
{{short description|Newspaper in Butte, Montana}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Montana Standard
| image =
| caption =
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = {{start date and age|1928}}{{cite web |title=About The Montana standard. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1928-1961 |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024813/ |website=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=28 October 2020}}
| ceased publication =
| owners = Lee Enterprises
| publisher = Dave Worstell
| editor = Thomas Martinez
| language = English
| circulation = 9,837 Daily
| circulation_date = 2023
| headquarters = {{ubl|25 West Granite Street|Butte, Montana 59701}}
| publishing_country = United States
| ISSN =
| oclc = 11938457
| website = {{URL|mtstandard.com}}
}}
The Montana Standard is a daily newspaper in Butte, Montana, owned by Lee Enterprises.
History
On September 12, 1928 the Anaconda Standard's Butte edition merged with Butte Miner to form The Montana Standard.{{cite web |title=The Anaconda standard |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/10309820 |publisher=World Cat |access-date=17 January 2024}} At the time it was owned by the Anaconda Company.{{cite web |title=About The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970 |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84036012/ |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=17 January 2024}} In 1959, It was sold to Lee Enterprises.
In 1971, under the leadership of Betty Danfield, the paper's women's section won the Penney-Missouri Award for General Excellence.{{cite news |title=Penney-Missouri Honors to Women's Pages |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26660592/ |access-date=30 December 2018 |work=The Kansas City Times |date=December 25, 1971}}
Starting July 11, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, the newspaper will transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-06-11 |title=Montana Standard expanding soon |url=https://mtstandard.com/montana-standard-expanding-soon/article_45e24938-7b13-5b9e-9ff9-b6466f697a1e.html |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Montana Standard |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{official website}}
- {{LCCN8|sn85053098|chronicling=yes}}
- [http://www.mininickel.com/ Mini Nickel website]
- [http://www.butterats.com/ ButteRats Community Forums]
{{Lee Enterprises}}
{{Newspapers in Montana}}
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Category:Newspapers published in Montana
Category:Lee Enterprises publications
Category:Mass media in Butte, Montana
Category:1928 establishments in Montana
Category:Newspapers established in 1928
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