Ventura County Star: Difference between revisions

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">[http://escrippsnews.scrippsnet.com/node/2573 Scripps announces new publisher of the Ventura County Star]</ref> Cogswell was then succeeded by Margie Cochrane in 2012,<ref name="scripps announcement" />{{dead|date=December 2020}}<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>

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 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"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929125714/http://www.santabarbara.bbb.org/PublicComplaints.aspx?CompanyID=306300 |date=September 29, 2011 }}, 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.)