TheMetro-East Journal was a newspaper published inEast St. Louis, Illinois, from 1888 to 1979.
The newspaper was founded as theEast St. Louis Journal in 1888. The paper's name was changed to theSt. Clair and Madison Counties Evening and Sunday Journal in 1958 and theMetro-East Journal in 1964. WhenDecatur, Illinois-based Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers, which had owned the paper since 1932, was sold toLee Enterprises in 1979, theJournal was not included in the purchase. Attempts to find another buyer failed, and theJournal published its last edition on March 30, 1979.[1][2]
Several factors reportedly contributing to the demise of theJournal included changing demographics in East St. Louis, failure to upgrade newspaper facilities and competition from theBelleville News-Democrat for many of the same readers.[1]
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