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The Buffalo News

The Buffalo News is the daily newspaper of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, located in downtown Buffalo, New York.

Type

Daily newspaper

Broadsheet

Lee Enterprises (2020–present)

Berkshire Hathaway (1977–2020)

Butler family (1873–1977)

Tom Wiley

Sheila Rayam[1]

October 11, 1880 (1880-10-11) as the Buffalo Evening News

Buffalo

69,842 Daily
89,694 Sunday (as of 2023)[2]

0745-2691

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buffalonews.com

It was for decades the only paper fully owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.[3] On January 29, 2020, the paper reported that it was being sold to Lee Enterprises.[4]

In 1958, received the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for his August 10, 1957 piece, "The Thinker", detailing union corruption.

Bruce Shanks

In 1961, received the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for his series, "Our Costly Dilemma," concerning the need for reform of New York State's welfare system. The series touched off debates about welfare reform nationwide.

Edgar May

In 1990, brought the News its second Editorial Cartooning award, for his work throughout the year (although his piece "First Amendment" has been cited as the work that merited the award).

Tom Toles

In 2015, won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for using, in the committee's citation, "strong images to connect with readers while conveying layers of meaning in few words".

Adam Zyglis

Journalists for The Buffalo News and The Buffalo Evening News have won four Pulitzer Prizes:


News journalists have been finalists for three other Pulitzer Prizes, but did not win:

1880–1914: also founder

Edward Hubert Butler, Sr.

1914–1956: son of Butler Sr

Edward Hubert Butler Jr.

James H. Righter, 1956–1971

Kate M. Robinson Butler, 1971–1974: wife of Butler Jr

Henry Z. Urban, 1974–1983

Stanford Lipsey, 1983–2013

Warren T. Colville, 2013–2020

Tom Wiley, 2020–

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As of September 2022, has 1881-1905 issues of the Buffalo Evening News online for free, full-text access, with more to come.

New York State Historic Newspapers

As of October 2022, has 1881-2022 issues of the Buffalo News online on a paid subscription basis. Some public and academic libraries offer Newspapers.com to their users.

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