Paradise Post
Newspaper in Paradise, California
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::summary Newspaper in Paradise, California ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Paradise Post |
| type | Twice weekly newspaper |
| owner | Digital First Media |
| founder | Linn J. Potter |
| publisher | Mazi Kavoosi |
| editor | Mike Wolcott |
| founded | |
| headquarters | 400 E. Park Ave. Chico, California |
| publishing_city | Paradise, California |
| publishing_country | United States |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Paradise Post | type = Twice weekly newspaper | owner = Digital First Media | founder = Linn J. Potter | publisher = Mazi Kavoosi | editor = Mike Wolcott | founded = | ceased_publication = | office = | headquarters = 400 E. Park Ave. Chico, California | publishing_city = Paradise, California | publishing_country = United States | circulation = | website =
The Paradise Post is a twice-a-week newspaper in Paradise, California. The newspaper is part of the Digital First Media corporation. It has a circulation of about 7,000, and publishes Wednesday and Saturday.
History
In September 1945, the Paradise Post was founded by Linn J. Potter as a weekly newspaper. The business opened its own printing plant in March 1946. It soon expanded to a twice weekly. In June 1946 was sold to Charles Haines Comfort, an advertisement salesman and columnist at The Chico Record.
Comfort sold the business in February 1947 to Carl Starkey, the night city editor at the Record. Starkey operated the Post for about two years until selling it in March 1949 so he could enroll in college. The new owner was Charles Utt, of San Francisco. Utt ran the paper until his death and then his widow a year later sold it in March 1965 to Lee Kenworthy and Troy L. Maness, who previously ran The Willits News.
In December 1977, a small investment group headed by Post editor James A. Fallbeck acquired the paper from Maness. It was announced a few months later that Lowell Blankfort and Rowland Rebele, owners of The Chula Vista Star-News, were also part of the new ownership group. In 2003, Blankfort and Rebele sold the Post to MediaNews Group. At that time the paper had a circulation of 8,000.
References
References
- (2 October 1979). "Paradise Post Archive".
- (September 1, 1945). "Editorial". Paradise Progress Review.
- (March 14, 1946). "Paper Moves Into Its Own Plant". Oroville Mercury Register.
- Brown, Clara. (June 11, 1946). "Report Sale of Paradise Post". The Chico Enterprise.
- (February 6, 1947). "Chico Newsman Buys Paradise Post". Oroville Mercury Register.
- (March 3, 1949). "Paradise Post Changes Hands". Oroville Mercury Register.
- (March 27, 1965). "Paradise Post Is Sold to Former La Habra Editor". Enterprise-Record.
- (December 8, 1977). "Paradise Paper Gets New Owners". Enterprise-Record.
- (May 15, 1978). "Paradise Post Plans No Change". Enterprise-Record.
- Urseny, Laura. (February 1, 2003). "Paradise Post, E-R now have same owners". Enterprise-Record.
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