The Leader and Daily Telegram merged into the Eau Claire Press Company in 1912 under the Company’s first president, C. Bary and Charles Fiske incorporated the paper into the Telegram Publishing Co. Rich purchased the Telegram in August 1895. The evening Eau Claire Daily Telegram was started in 1894 by William Irvine of Chippewa Falls. In 1896, the Leader moved into a building at 407 South Barstow Street where it remained until 1912, when the Leader and the Telegram merged. This morning paper grew to a circulation of 3,000 by 1889. At the time, the newspaper had a daily circulation of 300. Lamb began the Eau Claire Leader in April 1881. Many efforts failed however, the Eau Claire Leader and the Eau Claire Daily Telegram survived. The newspaper business was fiercely competitive in those days. Of the dozens of newspapers being printed in Eau Claire in the mid-1800s, two stood the test of time. The Eau Claire Press Company is owned by Adams Publishing Group, a family-owned community newspaper company based in Minneapolis. The methods of delivering information have changed dramatically over the years however, the commitment to deliver accurate local, state and world news has not changed. Eau Claire Press Company is committed to offering information to the people of the Chippewa Valley and presenting area advertisers with a variety of marketing options. We are proud of our involvement in bringing the news to the Chippewa Valley.

Eau Claire Press Company began with the merger of two daily newspapers and has grown to become a diverse company comprising four divisions.

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