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Daily Press (California)

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Daily Press
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Gannett
Founder(s)John E. Barry
Founded1937
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersVictorville, California
Circulation23,000 Daily
30,000 Sunday (as of 2010)
ISSN1042-8496
OCLC number19227667
Websitevvdailypress.com

The Daily Press is a daily newspaper published in Victorville, California. The Daily Press also publishes the Hesperia Star and the Lucerne Valley Leader.

History

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On Oct. 15, 1937, the first edition of The Victor Press was published by John E. Barry and his wife Betsy Barry.[1] Barry went on to write several novels that he sold to publishers in London and taught a journalism class at Victor Valley College.[2] He retired from the business in September 1958 after selling his half-interest to Murray S. Flander.[3]

Two years later, Flander sold his stake in June 1960 to Mrs. Jerene Appleby Harnish, owner of The Daily Report and president of the KASK radio station in Ontario, California. Frank Barnett, former partner of Flander, sold two-thirds of his 30% stake to Harnish, giving her 70% ownership.[4]

In 1978, Freedom Communications bought the Daily Press,[5] and sold it, along with its Barstow daily newspapers, for $8 million to New Media Investment Group in 2014.[6] The company transferred ownership to GateHouse Media, which it merged with Gannett in 2019.[7] In March 2024, the Daily Press deceased the number of weekly print editions to two and switched from carrier to postal delivery.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Souvenir Edition | Vol. 1 | No. 1". Daily Press. Victorville, California. October 15, 1937. p. 1.
  2. ^ "Writing course". Daily Press. Victorville, California. January 21, 1970. p. 1.
  3. ^ Barry, John E.; Barry, Betsy (September 11, 1958). "This Is Our Last". Daily Press. Victorville, California. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Victor Press Sold To Ontario Report Owners". The Colton Courier. United Press International. June 2, 1960. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Victorville Press sold". Ventura County Star. United Press International. January 30, 1978. p. 10.
  6. ^ Milbourn, Mary Ann (March 3, 2014). "Register owner sells Victorville, Barstow newspapers". Orange County Register. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  7. ^ Lombardo, Cara; Trachtenberg, Jeffrey A. (August 5, 2019). "GateHouse Media Parent to Buy Gannett for $1.4 Billion". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  8. ^ Romero, Sheyanne N (March 1, 2024). "Delivery, print frequency changes coming to Daily Press in Victorville: What to know". Victorville Daily Press. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
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