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| circulationcirculation_ref = 172,366 Daily<br />204,036= Sunday<ref>{{cite web | title=2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation |website=Burrellesluce.com |url=http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2007_Top_100List.pdf |access-date=2007-05-30 |date=2007-03-31}}</ref>

| 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

The ''Clark County Review'' was first printed in 1909. andIt becamewas 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.

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 |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>

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 'manager' of Review-Journal parent company removed from job|last=Robison|first=Jennifer|date=January 4, 2016|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=11 October 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Jason Taylor, the ''Review-Journal's'' publisher, said only that the ownership included "multiple owner/investors, that some are from Las Vegas, and that in face-to-face meetings he has been assured that the group will not meddle in the newspaper’s editorial content.”<ref name="Primack1">{{cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2015/12/15/the-las-vegas-review-journals-new-owner-hard-to-identify-sheldon-adelson/|title=Why The Las Vegas Review-Journal's New Owner Remains a Mystery|last=Primack|first=Dan|date=December 15, 2015|work=Fortune|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> There were widespread rumors that the primary buyer was [[Sheldon Adelson]], and a week later three ''Review-Journal'' reporters confirmed that the purchase had been orchestrated by Adelson's son-in-law [[Patrick Dumont]] on Adelson's behalf.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/adelson-son-in-law-orchestrated-familys-purchase-of-las-vegas-review-journal/|title=Adelson son-in-law orchestrated family's purchase of Las Vegas Review-Journal|last1=DeHaven|first1=James|last2=Stutz|first2=Howard|last3=Robison|first3=Jennifer|date=December 17, 2015|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=January 21, 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref> A month before the new owner was revealed, three reporters at the newspaper received an assignment from corporate management: Spend two weeks monitoring the activity of three Clark County judges. One of the judges was District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez, who was hearing a long-running wrongful termination lawsuit filed against Adelson and his company,<ref>{{cite news | last = DeHaven| first = James| title =Judge in Adelson lawsuit subject to unusual scrutiny amid Review-Journal sale| newspaper =Las Vegas Review-Journal | date =October 11, 2017 | url = https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/judge-in-adelson-lawsuit-subject-to-unusual-scrutiny-amid-review-journal-sale/| access-date =December 19, 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> a lawsuit alleging that Adelson's Macao casino, [[Sands Macao]], was connected to the Chinese Triads.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/02/sheldon-adelson-macau-casinos-lawsuit/|title=Megadonor Sheldon Adelson and the inside story of Chinese casino money flooding our elections|last=Isaacs|first=Matt|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-02}}</ref>

''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.

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|last1=Yang|first1=Nu|last2=Ruiz|first2=Jesus |work=[[Editor & Publisher]]|access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/10-news-publishers-that-do-it-right,219623|title=10 news publishers that do it right|date=March 1, 2022|last= Blinder |first=Robin |work=[[Editor & Publisher]]|access-date=September 4, 2022}}</ref>

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In 2010, the ''Review-Journal's'{{'}}s then-owner Stephens Media launched a copyright enforcement company called [[Righthaven]] LLC, which began a series of legal suits claiming copyright infringements.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/copyright-trolling-for-dollars | magazine=Wired | first=David | last=Kravets | title=Newspaper Chain's New Business Plan: Copyright Suits | date=July 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/uncategorized/copyright-theft-were-not-taking-it-anymore/|title=Copyright theft: We're not taking it anymore|website=Reviewjournal.com|date=28 May 2010 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The company's practice was to search the internet for uses of ''Review-Journal'' material, purchase the copyright for that material from the newspaper and then file suit for copyright infringement. According to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', "Defendants typically get no warning, no take-down request, just a suit."<ref>{{cite news|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/09/03/vegas-baby-ruling-a-possible-boon-to-copyright-troll-suits/|date=September 3, 2010|title=Vegas, Baby! Ruling a Possible Boon to 'Copyright-Troll' Suits|first=Ashby|last=Jones|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Between March and August 2010, Righthaven LLC filed copyright infringement suits against 107 blogs, political forums, website operators, and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.righthavenlawsuits.com/lawsuits.html |title=Comprehensive List of Copyright Infringement Lawsuits Filed by Righthaven, LLC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905013016/http://www.righthavenlawsuits.com/lawsuits.html |archive-date=September 5, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2010/08/04/what-happens-in-the-las-vegas-review-journal|archive-url=https://archive.today/2012.07.12-12543520120712125435/http://mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2010/08/04/what-happens-in-the-las-vegas-review-journal|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-12|title=Copyright sleuthing (or, what happens in The Las Vegas Review-Journal...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202466627090 |title=Is This the Birth of the Copyright Troll? |date=27 April 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/2013.04.27-01343420130427013434/http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202466627090 |archive-date=27 April 2013 }}</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 — 'It Was a Dumb Idea'|url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/medianews-righthaven-dumb-idea/|access-date=9 September 2011|newspaper=Wired|date=September 8, 2011}}</ref> which was forced into receivership in November 2011 because of unpaid legal settlements.<ref name=insolvency>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/us-marshals-turned-loose-to-collect-6372080-from-righthaven.ars|title=US Marshals turned loose to collect $63,720.80 from Righthaven|last=Anderson|first=Nate|date=1 November 2011|work=ArsTechnica.comArs Technica |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref>

# Fred W. Smith (1961–1961–1966)