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{{short description|Newspaper published in Las Vegas, Nevada}}
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| caption = June 19, 2006 front page of <br />''Las Vegas Review-Journal''▼
| type = Daily [[Subscription business model|subscription]] [[newspaper]]▼
▲| caption = June 19, 2006 front page of <br />''Las Vegas Review-Journal''
| format = [[Broadsheet]]▼
▲| type = Daily [[Subscription business model|subscription]] [[newspaper]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1909|9|18}}<br />(as the ''Clark County Review'')▼
▲| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| owners = News + Media Capital Group LLC<ref>DeHaven, James [https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/pressure-to-go-public-grows-for-new-review-journal-owners/ Pressure to go public grows for new Review-Journal owners]{{subscription required}} ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''. December 20, 2015</ref><ref>Doctor, Ken [http://newsonomics.com/the-new-breed-of-newspaper-mogul-on-sheldon-adelsons-purchase-of-the-las-vegas-review-journal/ The New Breed of Newspaper Mogul? On Sheldon
▲| foundation = {{Start date and age|1909|9|18}}<br />(as the ''Clark County Review'')
| circulation = 172,366 Daily<br />204,036 Sunday
▲| owners = News + Media Capital Group LLC<ref>DeHaven, James [https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/pressure-to-go-public-grows-for-new-review-journal-owners/ Pressure to go public grows for new Review-Journal owners]{{subscription required}} ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''. December 20, 2015</ref><ref>Doctor, Ken [http://newsonomics.com/the-new-breed-of-newspaper-mogul-on-sheldon-adelsons-purchase-of-the-las-vegas-review-journal/ The New Breed of Newspaper Mogul? On Sheldon Adelson’s Purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal] ''Newsnomics''. December 20, 2015</ref>
| circulation_date = 2007
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| headquarters = 1111 West Bonanza Road<br />[[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] 89106<br />[[United States|U.S.]]
| publisher = [[J. Keith Moyer]]
| editor = Glenn Cook
| ISSN = 1097-1645
| website = {{official URL}}
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The '''''Las Vegas Review-Journal''''' is a daily [[Subscription business model|subscription]] [[newspaper]] published in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], since 1909. It is the largest circulating daily newspaper in Nevada and one of two daily newspapers in the Las Vegas area.
The ''Review-Journal'' has a [[joint operating agreement]] with [[The Greenspun Corporation]]-owned ''[[Las Vegas Sun]]'', which runs through 2040. In 2005, the ''Sun'' ceased afternoon publication and began distribution as a section of the ''Review-Journal''. On March 18, 2015, the sale of the newspaper's parent company, [[Stephens Media (newspapers)|Stephens Media LLC]], to [[New Media Investment Group]] was completed.<ref name="lvrj150318">{{cite news |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal
==History==
The ''Clark County Review'' was first printed in 1909. It was renamed as the ''Las Vegas Review'' in 1926 when owner Frank Garside, who owned several other Nevada papers, brought in [[Albert Edmunds Cahlan|Al Cahlan]] as a partner.
The ''Clark County Review'' was first printed in 1909 and became the ''Las Vegas Review'' in 1926 when owner Frank Garside, who owned several other Nevada papers, brought in [[Albert Edmunds Cahlan|Al Cahlan]] as a partner. In March 1929, the ''Clark County Journal'' began publication, and in July of that year, the ''Review'' bought the ''Journal'' and shortly thereafter began co-publication as the ''Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal''. In the early 1940s, Cahlan and Garside's company, Southwestern Publishing, bought the ''Las Vegas Age'', from Charles P. "Pop" Squires, which began publication in 1905 and was the oldest surviving paper in Las Vegas. The word "evening" was dropped from the name in 1949 when Garside left the company and Cahlan struck an agreement with [[Donald W. Reynolds]] and his [[Donrey Media Group]].<ref name="The Las Vegas Newspaper War of the 1950's">{{cite journal |first=Michael S. |last=Green |url=http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/210777-1988-3Fall.pdf|title=The Las Vegas Newspaper War of the 1950s |journal=Nevada Historical Society Quarterly |issn=0047-9462 |pages=155–157 |format=PDF |date=Fall 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About Las Vegas evening review-journal. (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1931-1941|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86076168/|website=Library of Congress|access-date=24 October 2017}}</ref>▼
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In 1953, the ''RJ'' signed on [[KRLV (AM)|KORK]], one of Las Vegas' earliest radio stations. Two years later, it signed on Las Vegas' third television station, KLRJ-TV, in 1955, later changing the calls to KORK-TV. The station was sold in 1979, changing its call letters again first to KVBC, and then, in 2010, to the current [[KSNV-DT]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1966 page B-91|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1966/B-Section-Radio-Neb-Ter-BC-YB-1966.pdf|website=American Radio History|access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1958 page 120|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Annual/1958-Television-Age-Annual/Television-Age-Yearbook-1958.pdf|website=American Radio History|access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Call Sign History|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=69677&Callsign=KSNV-DT|website=FCC|access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref>▼
▲In 1953, the ''RJ'' signed on [[KRLV (AM)|KORK]], one of Las Vegas' earliest radio stations. Two years later, it signed on Las Vegas' third television station, KLRJ-TV, in 1955, later changing the calls to KORK-TV. The station was sold in 1979, changing its call letters again first to KVBC, and then, in 2010, to the current [[KSNV-DT]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1966 page B-91|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1966/B-Section-Radio-Neb-Ter-BC-YB-1966.pdf|website=American Radio History|access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1958 page 120|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Annual/1958-Television-Age-Annual/Television-Age-Yearbook-1958.pdf|website=American Radio History|access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Call Sign History|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=69677&Callsign=KSNV-DT|website=FCC|access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref>
In December 1960, Reynolds exercised a buyout option with Cahlan, and bought the paper.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hopkins|first1=A.D.|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |title=A.E. Cahlan|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/a-e-cahlan/|access-date=18 October 2017|publisher=Stephens Media|date=7 February 1999|url-access=subscription}}</ref>▼
▲In December 1960, Reynolds exercised a buyout option with Cahlan, and bought the paper.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hopkins|first1=A.D.|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |title=A.E. Cahlan|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/a-e-cahlan/|access-date=18 October 2017
Reynolds died in 1993, and longtime friend Jack Stephens bought his company, renamed it [[Stephens Media (newspapers)|Stephens Media]] and moved the company's headquarters to Las Vegas. The ''Review-Journal'' entered into its first Joint Operating Agreement, or JOA, with the ''Sun'' in 1990, which was amended in 2005. In early 2015, the Stephens Media newspapers were sold to [[New Media Investment Group]].<ref name="lvrj150318"/><ref name="lvrj150219">{{cite news |first=Howard |last=Stutz |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |publisher=[[Stephens Media (newspapers)|Stephens Media]] |location=[[Las Vegas, NV]] |title=Review-Journal, parent Stephens Media to be sold to New Media |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/review-journal-parent-stephens-media-to-be-sold-to-new-media/|date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=March 8, 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref>▼
▲Reynolds died in 1993, and longtime friend Jack Stephens bought his company, renamed it [[Stephens Media (newspapers)|Stephens Media]] and moved the company's headquarters to Las Vegas. The ''Review-Journal'' entered into its first Joint Operating Agreement, or JOA, with the ''Sun'' in 1990, which was amended in 2005. In early 2015, the Stephens Media newspapers were sold to [[New Media Investment Group]].<ref name="lvrj150318"/><ref name="lvrj150219">{{cite news |first=Howard |last=Stutz |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal
[[File:The 910 ton printing presses at the Las Vegas Review-Journal were the largest in the world when installed in 2000.jpg|thumb|The 910 ton printing presses at the Las Vegas Review-Journal were the largest in the world when installed in 2000]]
The current ''Review-Journal'' headquarters was built in 1971. A new $40 million printing press was installed in 2000 as part of a four-year, 152,000-square-foot expansion project. The two printing presses weigh 910 tons and consist of 16 towers. They were the largest presses in the world when they were installed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0FD393A6550A8446?p=NRNB|title=New presses are the worlds's largest|last=Scheid|first=Jenny|date=7 September 2000|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=March 30, 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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===Sheldon Adelson estate ownership===
When the paper was sold in 2015, it was initially unclear who the buyer was. The purchaser was a limited liability company, News + Media Capital Group LLC, and the only name listed on the documents was Michael Schroeder, a publisher of four small regional newspapers in Connecticut.<ref name = "Primack1"/> At a December 10 staff meeting informing the ''Review-Journal'' staff that the paper had been sold, Schroeder was introduced as the manager. He refused to say who the owners of News + Media were, saying that employees should "focus on [their] jobs...and don't worry about who [the owners] are."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/controversial-manager-of-review-journal-parent-company-removed-from-job/|title=Controversial
In January a set of editorial principles were drawn up and publicized to ensure the newspaper's independence and to deal with possible conflicts of interest involving Adelson's ownership. In February Craig Moon, a veteran of the Gannett organization, was announced as the new publisher and promptly withdrew those principles from publication. He also began to personally review, edit, and sometimes kill stories about an Adelson-promoted proposal for the future [[Las Vegas Raiders]] [[Allegiant Stadium|football stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/02/sheldon-adelson-tightens-grip-on-review-journal-004384|title=Sheldon Adelson tightens grip on Review-Journal|last=Doctor|first=Ken|date=February 4, 2016|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> In the months since, reporters say that stories about Adelson, and particularly about an ongoing lawsuit involving his business dealings in Macau, have been heavily edited by top management.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/business/media/in-adelsons-newsroom-looser-purse-strings-and-a-tighter-leash.html|title=In Sheldon
The new ownership triggered numerous departures. On December 23 the paper's editor Mike Hengel stepped down in a "voluntary buyout".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/23/460806804/newspaper-editor-steps-down-after-publications-billionaire-buyer-unmasked|title=Newspaper Editor Steps Down After Publication's Billionaire Buyer Unmasked|last=Domonoske|first=Camila|date=December 23, 2015|work=NPR|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> Many reporters and editors left the newspaper citing "curtailed editorial freedom, murky business dealings and unethical managers."<ref name = "leaving"/> Longtime columnist John L. Smith resigned after he was told he could no longer write anything about Adelson, a frequent focus of his reporting up
==Other publications==
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==Website and video==
''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' launched its website as LVRJ.com on Jan. 15, 1997. By the end of the year, it was recognized as one of the top online papers in the U.S. by the Internet Job Source. The ''Review-Journal'' also operated LasVegas.com as a general information site.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0FD38F8D26DD7904?p=NRNB|title=R-J named among best Web sites|last=Smith|first=Hubble|date=5 December 1997|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=30 March 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref> LVRJ.com was redesigned in 2000 and the site was rebranded as Reviewjournal.com two years later. In 2012, the ''RJ'' launched its first apps for iPhone, Android, and iPad. A major online redesign launched in April 2017 with an emphasis on video. The ''RJ'' built a studio on its downtown campus to produce high-end live and on-demand videos for news, politics and sports.
Programs include:
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* ''Nevada Politics Today''
* ''Sports Betting Spotlight''
* ''Racial inequality in headlines''
In addition to delivering its shows on the ''Review-Journal'' website, the ''Review-Journal'' launched a Roku app in early 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/review-journal-videos-and-shows-available-on-new-roku-app/|title=Review-Journal videos and shows available on new Roku app|date=2018-02-13|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en-US|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Accolades==
In 2018 and 2022, ''[[Editor and Publisher]]'' magazine named the ''Review-Journal'' as one of 10 newspapers in the United States on the magazine's annual list of "10 Newspapers That Do It Right".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/feature/10-newspapers-that-do-it-right-2018-recognizing-success-in-pioneering-newsrooms-advertising-growth-and-community-engagement/|title=10 Newspapers That Do It Right 2018: Recognizing Success in Pioneering Newsrooms, Advertising Growth and Community Engagement|date=March 1, 2018|
==Controversy==
In 1998, the newspaper killed a story about casino mogul [[Steve Wynn]]'s sexual harassment of employees. The newspaper reported about the axed story in 2018, after
===Copyright infringement litigation===
[[File:Las Vegas Review-Journal sign.jpg|thumb|''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' sign]]
In 2010, the ''Review-Journal'
The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], together with other ''[[pro bono]]'' attorneys, filed an Answer and Counterclaim on behalf of [[Democratic Underground]], a political website that Righthaven sued after a Democratic Underground member posted a five-sentence excerpt from a ''Review-Journal'' article; the counterclaim, filed against Stephens Media and Righthaven asserted that alleged a "sham relationship" between the newspaper and Righthaven, and accused Righthaven of copyright fraud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/08/eff-seeks-righthaven-defendants|title=EFF Seeks to Help Righthaven Defendants|date=25 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="counterclaim">{{Cite news|last=Green|first=Steve|title=R-J owner faces counterclaim in copyright lawsuit campaign|newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|location=[[Henderson, Nevada]]|date=September 28, 2010|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/28/r-j-owner-faces-counterclaim-copyright-lawsuit-cam|access-date=2010-10-08|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>Copy of the "Answer and Counterclaim" available at [https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/righthaven_v_dem/AnswerandCounterclaim.pdf EFF.org]</ref>
In March 2011, a federal judge dismissed a suit brought by Righthaven, stating that no evidence had been presented that the forum posting of a ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' editorial for 40 days for noncommercial use harmed the market value of the work.<ref>{{cite news|last1=David|first1=Kravets|title=Righthaven Loss: Judge Rules Reposting Entire Article is Fair Use|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/06/fair-use-defense/|access-date=11 October 2017|publisher=Wired Magazine|date=20 June 2011}}</ref> In June 2011, another federal judge ruled that Righthaven had no standing to sue for copyright infringement, on the grounds that the original parties retain the actual copyrights.<ref name="Vegasinc ruling">{{cite news|last=Green|first=Steve|title=Judge rules Righthaven lacks standing to sue, threatens sanctions over misrepresentations|url=http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/jun/14/judge-rules-righthaven-lacks-standing-sue-threaten/|newspaper=VegasInc|date=14 June 2011|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In August 2011 another case was dismissed by Federal judge [[Philip Pro]], who found that Righthaven had no standing to sue, and in any case the defendant's posting of a ''Review-Journal'' editorial to a blog was protected by fair use.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110620/23383214779/righthaven-loses-big-yet-again-cementing-two-previous-issues.shtml|title=Righthaven Loses Big Yet Again, Cementing Two Previous Issues|author=Mike Masnick|website=Techdirt.com|date=21 June 2011 }}</ref> The next month the ''Review-Journal'' terminated its arrangement with Righthaven,<ref name=Wired>{{cite news|last=Kravets|first=David|title=Newspaper Chain Drops Righthaven —
==Owners and publishers (past and present)==
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# A. E. Cahlan (1926–1961)
# Fred W. Smith (
# William V. Wright (1966-1981)
# Earl L. Johnson (1981-1988)
# David A. Osborn (1988-1992)
# Sherman Frederick (1992–2010)
# [[Bob Brown (newspaper publisher)|Bob Brown]] (2010–2014)
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* [[Denver Dickerson]], former editorial director who became Speaker of the [[Nevada Assembly]]
* [[Major Garrett]], former reporter who became CBS' Chief White House correspondent
* [[Jeff German]], former investigative reporter found fatally stabbed outside his home
* [[Paul Gutierrez]], former reporter who went on to report for ESPN
* [[John Katsilometes]], celebrity and entertainment columnist
* [[Lorna Kesterson]], former reporter and mayor of [[Henderson, Nevada]]
* [[David Lamb (journalist)|David Lamb]], former reporter
* [[Heidi Knapp Rinella]], former restaurant critic
* [[Robin Leach]], former entertainment reporter for the newspaper's niche division
* [[Gary Martin (reporter)|Gary Martin]], former Washington bureau chief
* [[Michael Ramirez]], cartoonist
* [[Donald W. Reynolds]], owner from 1949 to 1993
* [[Wayne Allyn Root]], politics opinion columnist
* [[Neal Rubin]], former features writer
* [[Debra Saunders]], former White House correspondent
* [[Joe Schoenmann]], former reporter
* [[Ira Stoll]], columnist
* [[Jude Wanniski]], former political columnist
* [[Molly Ball]], former lead political reporter
==See also==
{{Portal|Journalism|Nevada}}
* [[List of newspapers in Nevada]]
* [[Media in Las Vegas]]
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* [http://www.reviewjournal.com/ ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''] official website
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