The Beverly Hills Courier
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| Type | Free weekly newspaper published Fridays |
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| Format | Compact |
| Owner | San Marino Tribune Company (Clifton S. Smith, Jr.) |
| Publisher | Clifton S. Smith, Jr. |
| Headquarters | 8840 West Olympic Boulevard Beverly Hills, California 90211  United States |
| Official website | www.bhcourier.com |
The Beverly Hills Courier is a free weekly tabloid-sized print newspaper of circulation in Beverly Hills and the surrounding communities, and a daily web newspaper. The publication was founded by now-publisher emeritus March Schwartz in 1965 with the editorial guidance of his managing editor Arthur M. Goldberg from 1966 to 2003. Both individuals were products of the long-defunct evening companion newspaper to the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Mirror, where Schwartz was the classified sales manager and Goldberg was the editor. In 2004, the Courier's then-editor, Norma Zager, was awarded Journalist of the Year by the Los Angeles Press Club for her series on a lawsuit brought by Erin Brockovich.[1]
The Courier was acquired in 2004 by The San Marino Tribune Company, Inc. The owner of which, attorney Clifton S. Smith, Jr., assumed the role of publisher of the Beverly Hills Courier.[2][3] Since then, Smith has staffed the newspaper with suspended Hollywood Reporter columnist George Christy[4] whose Courier column has appeared on foxnews.com.[5] Guest columnists have included celebrity star Joan Rivers. The Courier has also reprinted New York Times' articles by Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich. The Courier articles have been cited by the Los Angeles Times.[6]
The Courier subscribes to Agence France-Presse and City News Service. Its website features updates throughout the day, seven days a week. The Courier's entire print edition is also available from the website.
The Courier is a major corporate sponsor of the Beverly Hills Education Foundation, the main charity devoted to supporting Beverly Hills public schools.[7]
The Courier has been criticized for publishing errors, false accusations, bias and libel,[8][9][10][11] and its owner/publisher Clifton Smith has been accused of slander.[12]
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- ^ "2004 Southern California Journalism Award Winners". Los Angeles Press Club. http://lapressclub.org/awards/scja/winners/2004-winners/. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "San Marino Tribune Company Directory of Business Contacts". Salesforce's data.com. http://www.jigsaw.com/id1179469/1/san_marino_tribune_company_directory.xhtml. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
- ^ "Clifton S. Smith". LexisNexis. http://www.martindale.com/Clifton-S-Smith/137703-lawyer.htm. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ Weintraub, Bernard (28 May 2001). "Hollywood Paper Suspends Column by George Christy". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/28/business/hollywood-paper-suspends-column-by-george-christy.html. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "George Christy Archive". FOX News Network. http://www.foxnews.com/archive/author/george-christy/index.html. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ Horowitz, Joy (27 June 2007). "Schoolyard secrets". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-horowitz27jun27,0,4633904.story. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Apple Harvest Faire Sponsors". Beverly Hills Education Foundation. http://bhef.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=81460&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=151845&hideMenu=1. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Beverly Hills Mayor Accuses Courier Of "Scare and Panic" Tactics". Curbed Los Angeles. 29 October 2008. http://la.curbed.com/tags/10000-santa-monica-blvd. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ^ Hymon, Steve. "Subway Facts & History: Metro responds to errors in Beverly Hills Courier and allegations by Beverly Hills school district". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://thesource.metro.net/2011/11/03/metro-responds-errors-beverly-hills-courier-allegations-from-beverly-hills-school-district/. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ Antolin, Daniel (8 May2011). "Courier Allegedly Misreported Subway Extension". Canyon News. http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/beverlyhills/MTA_Beverly_Hills_Courier_Misreported_Subway_Project_Story.php. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
- ^ Newton, Damien. "Bev. Hills Courier’s Big Scoop: Metro Does Mailings". StreetsBlog. http://la.streetsblog.org/2011/11/18/bev-hills-couriers-big-scoop-metro-does-mailings/. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ Mitchell, John (21 June 2007). "Weekly papers' battle over ads is a full-court press". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/21/local/me-newswars21. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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