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Line 32: ==History and ownership== The ''~~Venture~~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. 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> 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> 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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