Buffalo Courier-Express

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The Buffalo Courier-Express was a morning newspaper in Buffalo, New York. It ceased publication on September 1982.

The Courier-Express was created in a 1926 merger of the Buffalo Courier and the Buffalo Express. William James Conners, owner of the Buffalo Courier, brought the two papers together. The combined newspapers claimed a heritage dating to 1828. One notable part-owner and editor of the Buffalo Express was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the writer also know as 'Mark Twain.'

In August 1979, The Courier-Express was purchased by the Cowles Media Company, a publishing company based in Minneapolis, Minn. After a change in corporate leadership, Cowles Media decided to close the paper in September, 1982. The September 19, 1982 issue was the last issue published. This left Buffalo, NY with only one daily newspaper, the Buffalo Evening News.

Contents 1 Editors of the newspaper 1.1 Editors of the Buffalo Courier 1.2 Editors of the Buffalo Express 1.3 Editors of the Buffalo Courier-Express 2 External links 3 Source

[edit] Editors of the newspaper

[edit] Editors of the Buffalo Courier

• David Gray, 1870s

[edit] Editors of the Buffalo Express

• Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as 'Mark Twain,' 1869–1871, co-editor
• Joseph Larned, co-editor with Twain
• Burrows Matthews

[edit] Editors of the Buffalo Courier-Express

• Burrows Matthews 1926-1955

• Cy B.King 1956-1970

• Douglas L.Turner 1971-1980

• Joel R. Kramer 1981-1982

[edit] External links

• History of the Buffalo Newspaper Guild
• Buffalo Courier-Express Library at Buffalo State College

[edit] Source

• Buffalo State College