The ''Glendale News Press'' is a weekly
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
published by Outlook Newspapers Group in
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census the population was 196,543, up from ...
. It covers local news, community events, and sports in Glendale and
La Crescenta-Montrose
La Crescenta-Montrose () is an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The community is bordered by Glendale to the south and west, La Cañada Flintridge to the east, and Angeles National Forest to the north. Acc ...
.
History
The paper was founded as a weekly, ''The Glendale News'', on May 1, 1905, by E. M. McClure and J. F. Boughton. McClure bought out Boughton in fall, 1905, then sold the paper on January 1, 1907 to E. B. Riggs and J. C. Sherer. The ''News'' published continuously until August 23, 1913, competing against the weekly ''Glendale Press'' founded in 1910. When the ''Glendale Press'' converted to daily publication on March 1, 1921, the city found itself with two daily newspapers.
As part of a complex transaction involving several other Southern California newspapers,
Ira Clifton Copley
Ira Clifton Copley (October 25, 1864 – November 1, 1947) was an American publisher, politician, and utility tycoon. Born in rural Knox County, Illinois, Copley's family moved to Aurora when Copley was 2 so he could be treated for scarlet fev ...
's
Copley Press
Copley Press was a privately held newspaper business, founded in Illinois, but later based in La Jolla, California. Its flagship paper was ''The San Diego Union-Tribune''.
History
Founder Ira Clifton Copley launched Copley Press c. 1905, eventu ...
bought and combined the ''Glendale Daily Press'' and the ''Glendale Evening News'' seven years later, issuing the first edition of the consolidated ''Glendale News-Press'' on February 15, 1928. The ''Glendale News-Press'' became part of Copley's Southern California Associated Newspapers, comprising eight daily newspapers in Los Angeles County.
Copley sold the ''News Press'' and the ''
Burbank Daily Review'' to
Morris Newspapers in 1974; however Morris sold off the papers two years later.
Ingersoll Publications
21st Century Media was an American media company. It was the successor of Ingersoll Publications and Journal Register Company, and it was succeeded by Digital First Media.
The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 comm ...
bought the papers in 1980.
Page Group Publishing, owners of the ''
Orange Coast Daily Pilot'' and the ''
Huntington Beach Independent
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...
'', acquired the paper from Ingersoll in 1989.
Times Mirror
The Times Mirror Company was an American newspaper and print media publisher from 1884 until 2000.
History
It had its roots in the Mirror Printing and Binding House, a commercial printing company founded in 1873, and the ''Los Angeles Times'' ...
bought the newspaper group in 1993. Following continued declines in circulation and advertising, the paper reduced its printing schedule to five days, then four, then weekly.
On April 18, 2020, its closure was announced by the ''Los Angeles Times'', but then was bought by the Outlook Newspaper Group.
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Glendale, California
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