Merger
In 1960 the Eagle purchased the Beacon. Both newspapers continued to be published, the Eagle in the morning and the Beacon in the evening. In 1973, Ridder Publications bought both newspapers. Ridder and Knight Newspapers merged in 1974 to form Knight Ridder, which combined the two newspapers into The Wichita Eagle-Beacon in 1980. In 1989, the Beacon name was dropped, and the newspaper became The Wichita Eagle.
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