
In an editorial, The Daily Courier of Prescott, which Soldwedel acquired in 1958, called him "an ideal prototype" for a newspaper leader. Soldwedel built Yuma-based WNI into a collection of "three daily newspapers, 12 non-dailies, 44 specialty publications, two radio stations, two telephone directories, an outdoor advertising company, a specialty sign firm, two central printing plants, one commercial print shop, and numerous news and advertising-related websites," The Courier writes in an obituary.
Soldwedel was a director of the Newspaper Association of America from 1977 t0 1985, and as part of the organization he "helped in the development of kenaf fiber as a workable substitute for trees in the production of newsprint," the Courier writes. (Read more)
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