Redding Record Searchlight
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett |
| Founder(s) | M. E. Dittmar |
| President | Paula Goudreau[1] |
| Editor | Jenny Espino[2] |
| Founded | 1894 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | |
| OCLC number | 20396150 |
| Website | redding |
The Redding Record Searchlight is a newspaper serving Redding, California. It has a daily print circulation of under 15,000 and has between 100,000 and 400,000 unique visitors per month to its news website, Redding.com.[3]
History
[edit]In December 1894, A. R. Bowen & Co. published the first issue of The Searchlight in Redding. At that time the morning newspaper was affiliated with the People's Party.[4] It's founder was M. E. Dittmar who owned the paper for five years.[5]
In October 1899, the paper was purchased by Mel G. Johnson and J. W. Brackett.[6] In 1905, Johnson sold his half-interest in The Searchlight to his business partner Brackett.[7] In 1909, Brackett retired and sold the paper to Herbert Lyle Moody,[8][9] who ran the paper for over a decade until selling it in 1925 to his son Herbert G. Moody.[10] He sold the paper in 1936 to Walter H. Fink, owner of the Courier-Free Press[11]
On October 17, 1938, the John P. Scripps Newspaper Group published the first edition of the afternoon newspaper Redding Record.[12][13] In April 1941, Scripps bought The Searchlight and Courier-Free Press from Fink and consolidated the three papers together to form the Redding Record Searchlight.[14]
In 2014, Scripps purchased Journal Media Group and transferred ownership of the Record Searchlight to the company.[15] It then sold the newspaper group in April 2016 to Gannett and the Record Searchlight became part of the USA Today network.[16] In May 2024, the newspaper announced it will switch from carrier to postal delivery.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Goudreau new president of Record Searchlight". Retrieved January 24, 2024.
- ^ "Staff Directory". Retrieved January 24, 2024.
- ^ Chapman, Mike (June 6, 2022). "Record Searchlight earns 18 journalism awards in statewide contest". Redding Record Searchlight. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
- ^ "Snap Shots". Daily Red Bluff News. Red Bluff, California. December 22, 1894. p. 1.
- ^ "Searchlight's Founder Dead | Dittmar Identified With Mining History". Redding Record. March 8, 1940. p. 1.
- ^ "Tooting A Horn That No One Else May Be Willing To Blow". The Searchlight. Redding, California. October 3, 1899. p. 1.
- ^ "Change In Searchlight Ownership". Trinity Journal. Weaverville, California. September 2, 1905. p. 3.
- ^ "Redding Searchlight Sold". Oroville Daily Register. Oroville, California. March 19, 1909. p. 1.
- ^ "Notice". The Searchlight. Redding, California. April 2, 1909.
- ^ "Seachlight Sold To Herbert Moody". Record Searchlight. Redding, California. July 18, 1925. p. 1.
- ^ "W. H. Fink Acquires Redding Searchlight". Oroville Mercury Register. Oroville, California. May 6, 1936. p. 3.
- ^ "New Redding Paper Appears". The Chico Enterprise. Chico, California. Associated Press. October 17, 1938. p. 1.
- ^ "About Us". Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ "Three Redding Daily Papers Consolidated | John Scripps Buys W. H. Fink Interests, Merge With Record". The Sacramento Union. Sacramento, California. Associated Press. April 22, 1941. p. 3.
- ^ Glauber, Bill (July 30, 2014). "Journal, Scripps deal announced". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
- ^ "Gannett closes on $280 million purchase of Journal Media Group". Redding Record Searchlight. April 8, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ "Redding Record Searchlight transitioning to postal delivery". Redding Record Searchlight. May 22, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
