Santa Maria Times
| Type | Daily (Tuesday-Sunday) |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Santa Maria News Media Inc. |
| Publisher | Davis Taylor |
| Editor | Marga K. Cooley |
| Founded | April 1882 |
| Language | English |
| Circulation | 21,579 (2018)[1] |
| Sister newspapers | Lompoc Record, Santa Ynez Valley News |
| Website | santamariatimes |
The Santa Maria Times is a daily American newspaper on California's Central Coast serving the cities of Santa Maria; Orcutt; Guadalupe; Nipomo; unincorporated parts of northern Santa Barbara County and southern San Luis Obispo County.[2] It is published daily Tuesday through Sunday, and is part of Santa Maria News Media Inc., which also publishes the Lompoc Record and Santa Ynez Valley News, among other newspapers.[3]
History
The Santa Maria Times was established in April 1882.[4][5][6] In 1918, the paper became a daily.[7]
Owner E.L. Petersen sold the paper in 1938 to Robert and Stanworth Hancock, who in turn sold the paper to Kansas-based Stauffer Communications in 1948.[8][9] In 1947 the paper bought up the Santa Maria Vidette, Guadalupe Gazette, and Santa Maria Courier, and later the Santa Maria Advertiser Burl Hagagone bought the paper in 1958.[10] The paper had been owned by Pulitzer, Inc. at the time of the company's acquisition by Lee Enterprises in 2005.[3]
In 2017, the Santa Maria Times won 2nd place in the General Excellence category in its division of California's Better Newspapers Contest.[11] It also won awards that year for video journalism and agricultural reporting.
In November 2019, Davis Taylor became Regional Publisher [12] and Marga K. Cooley is the Managing Editor.[13] In March 2020, the paper was sold to Santa Maria News Media Inc. a newly formed company led by a group of Canadian newspaper executives.[3]
References
- ^ American Newspaper Representatives data (2018)
- ^ Stevenson, Paula. "Research Newspapers by State: California" (PDF). gotoanr.com. American Newspaper Representatives. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ a b c Report, Santa Maria Times Staff. "Lee Enterprises sells papers in Santa Maria, Hanford". Santa Maria Times. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
- ^ Storke, Yda Addis.A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura, California, pp. 517-18 (1891)
- ^ (31 March 2019). Important dates in April from 1882 to 2006, Santa Maria Times
- ^ "About Santa Maria semi-weekly times". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ (1 July 2012). ‘The Gazette’ was SB county’s first newspaper, Santa Maria Times
- ^ (27 March 1948). Kansan Purchases Santa Maria Times, Los Angeles Times
- ^ "New Newspaper Plant". The Los Angeles Times. 19 Jun 1955.
- ^ (13 November 19170. history, Santa Maria Times
- ^ "Better Newspapers Contest winners announced". California News Publishers Association. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Davis Taylor to lead Santa Maria Times, Lee operations in Santa Barbara County". santamariatimes.com.
- ^ "Santa Maria Times". USNPL. Retrieved 19 October 2018.