Cowles Publishing Company

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Public role: Cowles. Its flagship is The Spokesman-Review, the dominant daily for eastern Washington and northern Idaho, alongside NBC/ABC TV affiliates and Inland Empire Paper Co.
Information type: Cowles. Its flagship is The Spokesman-Review, the dominant daily for eastern Washington and northern Idaho, alongside NBC/ABC TV affiliates and Inland Empire Paper Co. In April 2025 the Cowles family announced a landmark donation of the newspaper to the Comma Community Journalism Lab nonprofit, ending 131 years of family BTW tracks it as th...

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Wikipedia: Cowles Publishing Company (Cowles Company)
documents identity, history, and operating role for COWLESPUBL-AS - Cowles Publishing Company.
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Public numbering evidence links Cowles Publishing Company to AS33147.
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Last updated: 2026-06-18

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Cowles Publishing Company and the Operating Cost of Digital News Infrastructure
Cowles Publishing Company is the named company object in the BTW directory and the entity identified in The Spokesman-Review's public service and privacy materials. Those materials describe a substantial digital publishing surface: a news website, subscriber accounts, metered and unlimited access, e-editions, mobile apps, archives, newsletters, podcasts, billing, delivery support and reader communications. Each capability is visible to a reader. The engineering and operating work that keeps the capabilities coherent across channels is less visible, but it is where much of the continuing cost and risk sits.
Primary articlePublished 2026-07-26