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Cowles Media Company (1935 to 1998) was a newspaper, magazine and information publishing company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. The company operated Cowles Business Media, Cowles Creative Publishing and Cowles Enthusiast Media units. The McClatchy Company purchased Cowles Media in 1998.[1] McClatchy kept the Star Tribune newspaper, which by then was the primary asset in the $1.4 billion deal, and sold the other business units to Primedia and to a management team.[2]

Other newspapers owned at one time by Cowles Media and its affiliates included the Buffalo Courier-Express, the Des Moines Register, the Scottsdale Progress and the Rapid City Journal.

Cowles Media also published Look as Look, Inc. (1937–45), Cowles Magazines (1946–65), and Cowles Communications, Inc. (1965–71).[3]

Cowles purchased Family Circle in 1962, and sold it to The New York Times Company in 1972.

[edit] Television

In 1955, Cowles entered television as majority owner of what is now KCCI in Des Moines, Iowa. Cowles became the station's sole owner shortly after its launch.

Over the years, Cowles acquired several television stations in medium-sized markets. These stations were sold off by the mid-1980s.

DMA Rank City of License / Market Station Years Owned Current Affiliation and Owner
19. Daytona Beach / Orlando WESH-TV 2 1965-1985 NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
47. Memphis WREC-TV 3
(now WREG-TV)
1962-1971 CBS affiliate owned by Local TV
60. Huntington/Charleston, West Virginia WHTN-TV 13
(now WOWK-TV)
1956-1974 CBS affiliate owned by West Virginia Media Holdings
69. Wichita / Hutchinson Plus KTVH 12
(now KWCH-TV)**
1955-1983 CBS affiliate owned by Schurz Communications
71. Des Moines KRNT-TV/KCCI 8 (flagship) 1955-1985*** CBS affiliate owned by Hearst Television
96. Moline / Rock Island / Davenport WQAD-TV 8 1978-1985 ABC affiliate owned by Local TV

**: From 1962 to 1983, Cowles also owned four semi-satellites of KTVH in western and central Kansas--KTVC in Dodge City (now KBSD), KAYS-TV in Hays (now KBSH) and KLOE-TV in Goodland (now KBSL). ***: Cowles owned a majority share of this station when it first signed on and became its sole owner shortly thereafter.

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