''The Madera Tribune'' is a newspaper in
Madera, California
Madera (Spanish language, Spanish for "Wood") is a city and county seat of Madera County, California, Madera County, California. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 66,224.
Located in the San Joaquin Valley, Madera i ...
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Edgar Eugene Vincent founded the ''Madera Mercury'' on March 21, 1885. Another paper, the ''Madera Tribune'', was founded in 1892.
The two papers merged to become the ''Madera Mercury-Tribune'' in 1920.
The ''Madera Mercury-Tribune'' was put into
receivership
In law, receivership is a situation in which an institution or enterprise is held by a receiver—a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights"—especially in ca ...
in 1949. The assets were then purchased by
Dean Lesher
Dean Stanley Lesher (August 4, 1903 – May 13, 1993) was an American newspaper publisher, founder of the ''Contra Costa Times'' and the Contra Costa Newspapers chain. He was also a well-known philanthropist in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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, who had purchased another paper called the ''Madera Daily News'', founded in the 1940s. The combined paper was called the ''Madera News Tribune''.
After Lesher's death, Lesher Newspapers, Inc. sold the paper to U.S. Media, which then sold it to Pacific Sierra Publishing. Pacific Sierra Publishing was about to shut down the paper in 2003, when it was sold to then editor Charles Doud, who formed the Madera Printing and Publishing Company, Inc. in 2004.
Editorial stance
On the newspaper's website, the paper cites a quote by conservative activist and consultant Stephen Frank, saying "''The Madera Tribune'' is one of the last true conservative newspapers in California."
References
External links
Official siteArchive of Madera Mercury 1901-1925 editionsArchive of Madera Tribune, 1916-1968 editionsArchive of Madera Weekly Tribune 1918-1920 editions
Newspapers published in California
Madera, California
1885 establishments in California
Publications established in 1885
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