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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.
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==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://archive.vcstar.com/news/crime/judge-blocks-murder-case-story-ep-372648927-352356901.html Judge Blocks Murder Case Story], ''Ventura County Star'', December 11, 2008. ''Riley orders The Star not to publish sealed facts from Sharp documents''</ref> Although unenforceable under the First Amendment by Judge Riley's own admission, he refused to lift the order.<ref>Egelco, Bob - [https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Judge-won-t-lift-order-he-says-is-unenforceable-3180618.php Judge won't lift order he says is unenforceable]. San Francisco Chronicle December 16, 2008</ref> This [[gag order]] was lifted by Judge Riley by December 15, 2008.<ref>Judge lifts gag order in Sharp case, Ventura County Star, December 15, 2008</ref><ref>Why The Star is publishing, free press overrides all. Ventura County Star (CA) - December 16, 2008</ref> A redacted copy of that affidavit was made available on the ''Ventura County Star'' web site.<ref name="affidavit">ref link at the time at http://web.vcstar.com/documents/news08/sharpe.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724054210/http://web.vcstar.com/documents/news08/sharpe.pdf |date=July 24, 2011 }} "Affidavit in Support of Search Warrant, 397-07" Ventura County Star, December 2008</ref> Judge Riley would step down in January 2009.<ref>Hernandez, Raul - [http://archive.vcstar.com/news/county-judge-steps-down-after-20-years-ep-372513352-352316801.html County Judge Steps Down After 20 Years]. Ventura County Star, January 14, 2009</ref> Sharp's arraignment was delayed until March 2009.<ref name="sharp">Lohr, David - [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/calvin-sharp-sentenced_n_2251904 Calvin Sharp Sentenced To Life For Fatal Cleaver Attack On 6-Year-Old Sev’n Molina] Huffington Post, December 6, 2012</ref> Sharp was sentenced to life in prison in 2012.<ref name="sharp"/><ref>[https://www.vcdistrictattorney.com/mission/team/people-v-calvin-sharp/ People vs. Calvin Sharp]. Ventura County District Attorney, ''Judge finds killer who used meat cleaver sane and sentences him to multiple life terms''</ref>
===2011 circulation practices===
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[[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]]
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