Idyllwild Town Crier
| "Almost All the News – Part of the Time" | |
 Front page of the edition of November 12, 2009 | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Becky and Jack Clark, through IHP Co. Ltd. |
| Founder(s) | Ernie and Betty Maxwell |
| Publisher | Idyllwild House Publishing Co. Ltd. |
| Editor-in-chief | Melissa Diaz Hernandez |
| Editor | Melissa Diaz Hernandez |
| Photo editor | Jeff Clark |
| Staff writers | 3 |
| Founded | November 1, 1946 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 54391 Village Center Dr, Ste. 5, Idyllwild, CA 92549 |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | ~2100 |
| OCLC number | 27263446 |
| Website | idyllwildtowncrier |
| Free online archives | Idyllwild Town Crier (News Library) |
The Idyllwild Town Crier is a local weekly newspaper published out of Idyllwild, California. The Town Crier serves the area of the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County, California. The current owner-operators are Becky Clark and Jack Clark.[1][2] The paper was founded in 1946 by husband and wife Ernie and Betty Maxwell, and was originally published from the Maxwell's house during its first few years.
History[edit]
The newspaper published its first issue as The Town Crier on Friday, November 1, 1946.[3] The paper was founded by married couple Ernie and Betty Maxwell, a visual artist and a former Broadway dancer, who moved to the town in 1944 during a post-war boom in logging and tourism. The paper was published from their house until at least 1949.[4][5] Ernie Maxwell continued as editor/publisher until 1957, when he hired an editor and renamed it to the Idyllwild Town Crier,[6] though from 1969 to 1971 the paper used its original name.[7] In 1972, Maxwell sold the paper to Luther and Marilyn Weare.[5] Ernie Maxwell died in 1994.[8]
May 1978, the Weares sold the Town Crier to L.B. and Dorothy Hunsaker.[9] In May 1989, the Hunsakers sold the paper to Chronicle Publishing Company (publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle).[5] The Idyllwild Town Crier changed corporate hands in 1994 when it sold to England-based Tindle Newspaper Group.[5][10] The paper returned to private ownership in June 2013, when Becky & Jack Clark bought the paper through their newly formed Idyllwild House Publishing Co. Ltd. Becky is the longest ever employee of the Idyllwild Town Crier, including serving as editor/publisher during some of the Tindle years.[2][5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Contact us". Idyllwild Town Crier. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ^ a b Library of Congress. "About Idyllwild town crier. (Idyllwild, Calif.) 1971-current". Chronicling America. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ^ Library of Congress. "About Town crier. ([Idyllwild, Calif.]) 1946–1957". Chronicling America. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Smith, Robert B. (2009). Idyllwild and the high San Jacintos. San Francisco, CA: Arcadia Pub. pp. 111, 115. ISBN 978-0-7385-5985-8. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Smith, Marshall (November 1, 2016). "Town Crier celebrates its 70th". Idyllwild Town Crier. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ^ Library of Congress. "About Idyllwild town crier. (Idyllwild, Calif.) 1957–1969". Chronicling America. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Library of Congress. "About Town crier. (Idyllwild, Calif.) 1969–1971". Chronicling America. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Clark, Becky (June 20, 2011). "Emax, art and Idyllwild". Idyllwild Town Crier. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ Crier, Idyllwild Town (November 17, 2016). "Past Tense: November 17, 2016 • Idyllwild Town Crier". Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ^ "UK Regulated publications". Independent Press Standards Organisation. 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
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