Antioch Daily Ledger

"Ledger Dispatch" and "East County Times" redirect here. For the newspaper in Brentwood, which was owned by Bay Area News Group, see East County News.

The Antioch Daily Ledger was a weekly newspaper based in Antioch, California, United States. Founded in 1870 as the Antioch Ledger, the Daily Ledger was Contra Costa County's largest newspaper until it was replaced by the Contra Costa Times. It was also Antioch's largest newspaper. The daily newspaper is published three days a week (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) as weekly community supplements of the Contra Costa Times.

Antioch Daily Ledger

Type	Daily newspaper
Owner(s)	Contra Costa Newspapers (Knight Ridder)
Founded	March 26, 1870; 155 years ago (1870-03-26) as Antioch Ledger April 5, 1937; 88 years ago (1937-04-05) as Antioch Daily Ledger August 7, 1994; 31 years ago (1994-08-07) as Ledger Dispatch October 24, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-10-24) as East County Times
Ceased publication	April 2, 1937; 88 years ago (1937-04-02) as Antioch Ledger August 7, 1994; 31 years ago (1994-08-07) as Antioch Daily Ledger October 21, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-10-21) as Ledger Dispatch
Headquarters	1700 Cavallo Road, Antioch, California, U.S. (formerly)
Website	www.eastbaytimes.com/location/antioch/

History

The newspaper was founded on March 26, 1870 as the Antioch Ledger. On April 5, 1937, the newspaper become the Antioch Daily Ledger. In 1958, Dean Lesher purchased the paper and began twice-weekly home delivery of the Contra Costa Times.^[1] From March 15, 1975 to September 30, 1990, the newspaper was known as the Daily Ledger. In 1986, Lesher purchased the Brentwood News, a newspaper serving far East County.

It was merged with the Pittsburg Post-Dispatch to become the Daily Ledger Post Dispatch on October 1, 1990, and was renamed again to the Ledger Dispatch on August 8, 1994. The Pittsburg Post-Dispatch was founded in 1930 with the merger of the Post and Dispatch newspapers. On August 29, 1995, two years after Lesher's death, Margaret Lesher sold the privately-held company to the Knight Ridder newspaper chain for $360 million, including the Ledger Dispatch.^[2] On July 11, 2001, the Ledger Dispatch was converted from five days a week to three days a week.^[3]

On October 21, 2005, the Ledger Dispatch published its last edition.^[4] The newspaper became East County Times on October 24, 2005.^[5] Between October 2017 and April 2018, the newspaper's former office was demolished.