Pasadena Star-News

History

In April 1886, H.J. Vail published the first issue of the Pasadena Star. In 1889, the Star absorbed the Union. In 1890, a stock company headed by George F. Kernaghan bought the Star. In 1891, Charles A. Gardner bought out Kernaghan and became editor and publisher. In 1900, J.P. Baumgartner sold his interests in the Riverside Press and bought the Star and installed. He then Lyman M. King as editor.

In November 1904, Charles H. Prisk purchased the Pasadena Daily Star and installed Ernest H. Haack as editor. In December 1910, Prisk became co-owner of the Long Beach Press. On March 1, 1916, the Star merged with the Pasadena Daily News (founded in 1894) to form the Pasadena Star-News. For a time, William Paddock, Prisk's son-in-law who married his daughter Neva Prisk Malaby, was the vice president and general manager of the business. In 1932, the Star bought and absorbed the Pasadena Post. In March 1940, Prisk died and was succeed by his brother William F. Prisk as the paper's publisher. In 1956, Ridder Publications Inc. bought the Star-News and Independent from W.F. Prisk, E.D. Bates and Fred Runyon. Bernard J. Ridder took over as publisher.

In 1974, Ridder merged with Knight Newspapers Inc. to form Knight Ridder. In 1989, the Star-News and subsidiary Foothill Intercity Newspapers were sold for $55 million to MediaNews Group, a company owned by William Dean Singleton. At that time the paper had a 39,000 daily circulation. A year later Thomson Corporation, which owned the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, bought a majority stake in the Star-News while Singleton retained a minority interest. In 1996, Thomson sold the Star-News, Tribune, and Whittier Daily News to MediaNews Group. The three papers went on to become part of the subsidiary Los Angeles Newspaper Group.[[File:Tournament of Roses pictorial, 1917 (IA cp 000018).pdf|thumb|left|Tournament of Roses New Year's Number 1917]]

''Rose Magazine''

The newspaper publishes the Rose Magazine, which has provided coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl Game since 1994.

Office

First published in 1884, the paper was originally located at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Oakland Avenue for years. That building is now home to Technique at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and 24 Hour Fitness. The first radio broadcast of the Rose Parade in 1926 aired from the newspaper's radio station KPSN, which broadcast out of a pair of radio towers that the building once hosted.

Awards

• The California Newspapers Publishers Association awarded the Pasadena Star-News four of the top journalism awards out of thirty-eight awards given to its parent company Los Angeles News Group at the annual awards luncheon in San Diego.
• The California Newspaper Publisher Association, the state's press association, named the Pasadena Star-News, California's best mid-sized daily in 2015.
• Winner of the California Newspaper Association's award given for best website.

References

References

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4. (April 19, 1890). "Notice". The Citrograph.
5. (May 21, 1891). "Notice". The Daily Journal.
6. (June 15, 1936). "Home-Owned Journals Evolved Through Years of Different Publishers". Pasadena Star-News.
7. (March 30, 1900). "Notice". The Weekly Sun.
8. (March 31, 1900). "Local Happenings.". Napa Journal.
9. (November 18, 1904). "C.H. Prisk Buys Pasadena Star". The Union.
10. (December 28, 1910). "Formal Sale Made Today {{!}} Long Beach Press Changes Owners". The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News.
11. (February 22, 1916). "Pasadena Newspapers Will Be Merged March 1st". Pasadena Star-News.
12. (2017-09-15). "Pasadena Star-News Information and History".
13. (February 27, 1932). "Pasadena Post And Long Beach Sun Sold Today". Colusa Sun-Herald.
14. (March 4, 1940). "Charles H. Prisk, Publisher, Mourned". Pasadena Star-News.
15. . (March 26, 1956). ["Ridder Buys Both Papers in Pasadena"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-ridder-buys-both-p/125752506/). *[[Los Angeles Times]]*.
16. (November 24, 1974). "Shareholders Okay Knight-Ridder Merger". The Star-Tribune.
17. White, George. (April 20, 1989). "Singleton to Pay $55 Million for the Pasadena Star-News". [[Los Angeles Times]].
18. Hudson, Berkley. (August 22, 1990). "Pasadena Star-News Sold to Unit of Canadian Chain". [[Los Angeles Times]].
19. . (October 31, 1996). ["San Gabriel Valley Papers Lay Off 31 People"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-31-fi-59637-story.html). *[[Los Angeles Times]]*.
20. (2001). "Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering". [[University of Arkansas Press]].
21. (25 October 2019). "About us".
22. (2017-09-15). "Pasadena Star-News Information and History".
23. (2015-05-10). "Pasadena Star News takes home four statewide journalism awards".
24. "Pasadena Star News".