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==History and ownership==
The ''Ventura County Star'' 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 itself was founded in 1875), and began publishing as the '''''Ventura County Star-Free Press''''' in 1938.
===1990s Ventura County "Newspaper Wars"===
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>▼
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 [[Thompson Corporation|Thompson Newspapers group]] all published competing Ventura County newspapers.<ref name="camdaily1"/>
The competing Thompson '''''Oxnard Press-Courier''''' last published on June 14, 1994.<ref name="EPVC1">Stein, M.L. - California Daily Closes. Editor and Publisher Magazine, June 25, 1994</ref> The Thompson weekly newspapers, the '''''Camarillo Sun''''' and also ceased publication.<ref name="EPVC1"/> The '''''Santa Paula Chronicle''''' also ended publication.<ref name="EPVC1"/>
▲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>
===2015 spinoff===
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|access-date=3 April 2015|work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|date= April 1, 2015}}</ref> and [[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>
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