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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.
==History and ownership==
===1990s Ventura County "Newspaper Wars"===
▲It 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 was founded in 1875), and began publishing as the '''''Ventura County Star-Free Press''''' in 1938. It dropped the ''Free-Press'' addition 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>
E. W. Scripps purchased the ''Camarillo Daily News'' in 1992 from Harris Enterprises.<ref name="camdaily1">Saillant, Kay - [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-12-me-55916-story.html Camarillo Daily News to Close in December : Media: The 67-year-old publication will be replaced with a zoned version of the Ventura County Star-Free Press.] Los Angeles Times, November 12, 1993</ref> The daily ''Simi Valley Enterprise'' and the weekly ''Moorpark News-Mirror'' also were acquired in 1992.<ref name ="camdaily1"/> Scripps also owned the daily ''Thousand Oaks News Chronicle''<ref name="camdaily1"/> Editor & Publisher magazine called Ventura County the "site of one of the hottest newspaper wars in the nation."<ref name="camdaily1"/> The [[Los Angeles Times]], [[Los Angeles Daily News]] and the [[Thomson Corporation|Thomson Newspapers group]] all published competing Ventura County newspapers.<ref name="camdaily1"/> The ''Camarillo Daily News'' stopped publishing in December 1993.<ref name="camdaily1" /> The competing Thomson ''Oxnard Press-Courier'' last published on June 14, 1994.<ref name="EPVC1">Stein, M.L. - [https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1994-06-25_127_26/page/78/mode/2up California Daily Closes]. Two weeklies also closed, were part of the Thomson newspaper chain. Editor and Publisher Magazine, June 25, 1994</ref> The Thomson weekly newspapers, the ''Camarillo Sun'' and ''Ventura Sun'', also ceased publication.<ref name="EPVC1"/> The ''Santa Paula Chronicle'' also ended publication.<ref name="EPVC1"/>
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|accessdate=3 April 2015|work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|date= April 1, 2015}}</ref> [[Gannett]] acquired the Journal newspapers in April 2016.<ref>{{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>▼
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>
==Leadership==▼
===2015 spinoff===
▲Scripps spun out its newspapers to [[Journal Media Group]] in April 2015
===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">{{Cite web |url=http://escrippsnews.scrippsnet.com/node/2573 |title=Scripps announces new publisher of the Ventura County Star |access-date=December 26, 2012 |archive-date=November 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108140131/http://escrippsnews.scrippsnet.com/node/2573 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/aug/13/stars-new-publisher-is-longtime-advertising/ Star's new publisher is longtime advertising executive], ''Ventura County Star'', August 13, 2012</ref> followed by Shanna Cannon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.vcstar.com/news/state/new-publisher-named-for-the-ventura-county-star-ep-473931116-351307521.html/|title=New publisher named for the Ventura County Star|access-date=2017-12-05|language=en}}</ref> As of October 2016, the president is Mark J. Winkler.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2016/10/28/ventura-county-star-names-mark-winkler-new-president/92900194/|title=Ventura County Star names Mark Winkler new president|work=Ventura County Star|access-date=2017-12-05|language=en}}</ref>
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===Calvin Sharp murder case gag order===
The ''Ventura County Star'' has faced many complaints that involved its circulation practices rather than its editorial content. As of April 2, 2011, the Better Business Bureau listed ten (10) separate "significant" complaints from the previous three years, of which two alleged the company unauthorized debits from the customers' checking accounts, four alleged problems obtaining refunds, two alleged the company harassed a customer or former customer, two alleged the improper billing, and two alleged delivery continued after customers tried to cancel.<ref name="complaints">[http://www.santabarbara.bbb.org/PublicComplaints.aspx?CompanyID=306300 "Significant Complaints"], The Better Business Bureau of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, Inc.</ref> (The number of allegations does not add to the total number of complaints because two of the complaints made multiple allegations.)▼
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===
▲The ''Ventura County Star'' has faced many complaints that involved its circulation practices rather than its editorial content. As of April 2, 2011, the Better Business Bureau listed ten (10) separate "significant" complaints from the previous three years, of which two alleged the company made unauthorized debits from the customers' checking accounts, four alleged problems obtaining refunds, two alleged the company harassed a customer or former customer, two alleged
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