Glendale News-Press
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Charlie Plowman |
| Publisher | LCM-News, Inc., dba Outlook Newspaper Group |
| Editor | Camila Castellanos |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Headquarters | La Cañada Flintridge, California |
| Circulation | 5,000(April, 2020) |
| Website | glendalenewspress |
The Glendale News Press is a weekly newspaper published by Outlook Newspapers Group in Glendale, California, United States, covering local news, community events, and sports in Glendale and La Crescenta-Montrose. It has been called the newspaper of record for Glendale.[1]
History
[edit]Early years
[edit]The paper was founded as a weekly, The Glendale News, on May 1, 1905, by E. M. McClure and J. F. Boughton. McClure bought out Boughton in fall, 1905, then sold the paper on January 1, 1907 to E. B. Riggs and J. C. Sherer. The News published continuously until August 23, 1913, competing against the weekly Glendale Press founded in 1910. When the Glendale Press converted to daily publication on March 1, 1921, the city found itself with two daily newspapers.[2]
Growth and ownership changes
[edit]As part of a complex transaction involving several other Southern California newspapers, Ira Clifton Copley's Copley Press bought and combined the Glendale Daily Press and the Glendale Evening News seven years later, issuing the first edition of the consolidated Glendale News-Press on February 15, 1928. The Glendale News-Press became part of Copley's Southern California Associated Newspapers, comprising eight daily newspapers in Los Angeles County.[3]
Copley sold the News Press and the Burbank Daily Review to Morris Newspapers in 1974; however Morris sold off the papers two years later. Ingersoll Publications bought the papers in 1980.
Page Group Publishing, owners of the Orange Coast Daily Pilot and the Huntington Beach Independent, acquired the paper from Ingersoll in 1989.
Los Angeles Times
[edit]In 1993, Times Mirror bought the newspaper as part of a group of newspapers dubbed California Community News. It was then announced that the Los Angeles Times' Glendale section would be replaced with the Glendale News-Press and the Foothill Leader in Glendale, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Highland Park, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta-Montrose and Los Feliz.[4]
The Glendale News-Press' Isabel Street building, which the paper had occupied since 1948, sustained extensive damage during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The newspaper moved to the Sterling Bank building, at 425 West Broadway. In 1999, the newspaper again moved, the to the former F. W. Woolworth Company building, at 111 West Wilson Avenue.[5]
In February 2002, the Foothill Leader ceased publication and the News-Press dropped "Glendale" from its masthead, with the News-Press officially adding La Cañada Flintridge to its coverage area. In November 2004, the News-Press returned "Glendale" to its masthead and reestablished the Foothill Leader.[6]
In 2010, to better serve Glendale's large Armenian population, the Glendale News-Press added an Armenian language translation feature to its website.[7]
A comic published in the October 4, 2019 issue, which juxtaposed an Artsakh Street sign with a character lamenting, "I miss the old Maryland Avenue," drew backlash from some readers who viewed it as xenophobic toward Glendale's Armenian community.[8]
Outlook Newspapers
[edit]In April 2020, in response to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Los Angeles Times announced the closure of the Glendale News-Press, along with the Burbank Leader and La Cañada Valley Sun,[9] but all three were soon purchased by Outlook Newspapers.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Glendale News-Press to Publish Last Edition Saturday". Asbarez. April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ "Glendale News-Press." The Copley Press. Aurora, IL: The Copley Press, 1953, pp. 289-293.
- ^ The Copley Press. Aurora, IL: The Copley Press. 1952. pp. 293–295.
- ^ Darleene Barrientos (May 20, 2005). "How the Press was done". Glendale News-Press. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ Darleene Barrientos (May 20, 2005). "How the Press was done". Glendale News-Press. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ Darleene Barrientos (May 20, 2005). "How the Press was done". Glendale News-Press. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ "Glendale News-Press: Now in Armenian". Ianyan. June 25, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ Lila Seidman (October 17, 2019). "Controversy over dedication to Armenian American author in Tujunga echoes local debates". Glendale News-Press. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
- ^ "A Note to Our Readers". Los Angeles Times. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Publisher of La Cañada Outlook to revive Burbank Leader, Glendale News-Press and Valley Sun". Los Angeles Times. April 30, 2020.
External links
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Media related to Glendale News-Press at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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