Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Lee Enterprises |
Publisher | Dave Worstell |
Editor | Matthew Kiewiet |
Founded | 1928[1] |
Language | English |
Headquarters |
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Country | United States |
Circulation | 9,837 Daily (as of 2023)[2] |
OCLC number | 11938457 |
Website | mtstandard |
The Montana Standard is a daily newspaper in Butte, Montana owned by Lee Enterprises.
On September 12, 1928 the Anaconda Standard merged with Butte Miner to form The Montana Standard.[3] At the time it was owned by the Anaconda Company.[4] In 1959, It was sold to Lee Enterprises.[4]
In 1971, under the leadership of Betty Danfield, the paper's women's section won the Penney-Missouri Award for General Excellence.[5]
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.[6]