Content deleted Content added
→Incidents: gag order |
Eric Schucht (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
(23 intermediate revisions by 10 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{Short description|Newspaper in Ventura, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name
| logo
| image
| caption
| type = [[Daily
| format
| owners
| editor
| chiefeditor =
| assoceditor =
| maneditor =
| newseditor =
| managingeditordesign =
| campuseditor =
| campuschief =
| opeditor =
| sportseditor =
| photoeditor =
| staff =
| foundation = {{Start date and
| political =
| language
| headquarters
| circulation =
| | oclc =
▲| website = [http://www.vcstar.com/ vcstar.com]
}}
The '''''Ventura County Star''''' (Marked online as '''VC Star''') is a daily newspaper published in [[Camarillo, California]] and serves all of [[Ventura County]]. It is owned by [[Gannett]], the largest publisher of newspapers in the United States. It is a successor to a number of daily newspapers published around Ventura County during the 20th century.
==History and ownership==
The ''Ventura County Star'' was founded in 1925 by the [[John P. Scripps Newspaper Group]], which merged with E. W. Scripps in 1986. Around 1936, the Star acquired the ''Ventura Free Press'' (which itself was founded in 1875), and began publishing as the
===1990s Ventura County "Newspaper Wars"===
E. W. Scripps purchased the
The paper dropped the ''Free-Press'' part of the name in November 1994.<ref name="name">{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-11-18/local/me-64165_1_ventura-county-star |title=Chain's Daily Papers to Get Name Change |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Kay |last=Saillant |date=November 18, 1994}}</ref>
▲The paper dropped the ''Free-Press'' part of the name in November 1994.<ref name="name">{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-11-18/local/me-64165_1_ventura-county-star |title=Chain's Daily Papers to Get Name Change |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Kay |last=Saillant |date=November 18, 1994}}</ref>
===2015 spinoff===
Scripps spun out its newspapers to [[Journal Media Group]] in April 2015,<ref name=mjs-scrippsmerger>{{cite news|last1=Gores|first1=Paul|title=Journal, Scripps merger creates two closely aligned media companies|url=http://www.jsonline.com/business/journal-scripps-merger-creates-two-closely-aligned-media-companies-b99472706z1-298243741.html|access-date=3 April 2015|work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|date= April 1, 2015}}</ref> and [[Gannett]] acquired the Journal newspapers in April 2016.<ref name="gannett2016">{{cite news |title=Gannett buys Ventura County Star |newspaper= Pacific Coast Business Times|author= Staff |date=April 8, 2016 |access-date=8 September 2016 |url=http://www.pacbiztimes.com/2016/04/08/gannett-buys-ventura-county-star/}}</ref> Daily circulation was reported to be around 45,700 and its Sunday circulation at 58,600.<ref name="gannett2016"/>
===2018 Office move in Camarillo===
After more than 10 years at the 550 Camarillo Center Drive location, the Ventura County Star announced in May 2018 that they were moving to a new office on East Daily Drive in Camarillo.<ref>[https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2018/05/26/ventura-county-star-moving-new-office-camarillo/647470002/ Note to readers: The Star is moving to a new office in Camarillo]. Ventura County Star, May 26, 2018</ref>
==Leadership==
From 1960 to 1987, the editor was Julius Gius.<ref name="gius1">[http://articles.latimes.com/1996-10-19/local/me-55417_1_ventura-county-star Pioneering Newspaper Editor Julius Gius Dies at Age 84], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', October 19, 1996</ref> Later, George Cogswell III was the publisher for five years, leaving in 2012 to be publisher and chief revenue officer of ''[[The Commercial Appeal]]'' in [[Memphis, Tennessee]].<ref name="BBB">[http://www.santabarbara.bbb.org/Business-Report/Ventura-County-Star-306300 BBB Business Review of Ventura County Star] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513085309/http://santabarbara.bbb.org/Business-Report/Ventura-County-Star-306300 |date=May 13, 2011 }}, The Better Business Bureau of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, Inc.</ref><ref name="Cogswell going to Memphis">[http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jun/21/star-publisher-cogswell-named-publisher-of Star publisher Cogswell named publisher of Memphis newspaper], ''Ventura County Star'', June 21, 2012</ref><ref name="scripps announcement">
==Incidents==
===Calvin Sharp murder case gag order===
In December 2008, Judge Ken Riley ordered the ''Ventura County Star'' not to print the content of an affidavit, which the public defender representing defendant Calvin Sharp claimed could prejudice potential jurors.<ref name="gag order article">Hadly, Scott - [http://
===2011 circulation practices===
Line 67 ⟶ 69:
[[Category:Mass media in Ventura County, California]]
[[Category:Companies based in Ventura County, California]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in California]]
[[Category:Gannett publications]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1925]]
[[Category:1925 establishments in California]]
|