The ''Santa Maria Times'' is a daily American newspaper on California's Central Coast serving the cities of
Santa Maria;
Orcutt
Orcutt is an unincorporated town and census-designated place located in the Santa Maria Valley in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Orcutt is named for William Warren Orcutt, the manager of the Geological, Land and Engineering Dep ...
;
Guadalupe;
Nipomo; unincorporated parts of northern
Santa Barbara County and southern
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a county on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 282,424. The county seat is San Luis Obispo.
Junípero Serra founded the Mission ...
.
It is published Tuesday through Saturday, and is part of Santa Maria California News Media Inc., which also publishes the ''
Lompoc Record'' and ''Santa Ynez Valley News'', among other newspapers.
History
The ''Santa Maria Times'' was established in April 1882.
[Storke, Yda Addi]
A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura, California
pp. 517-18 (1891)[(31 March 2019)]
''Santa Maria Times'' In 1918, the paper became a daily.
[(1 July 2012)]
''Santa Maria Times''
Owner E.L. Petersen sold the paper in 1938 to Robert and Stanworth Hancock, who in turn sold the paper to Kansas-based
Stauffer Communications in 1948.
[(27 March 1948)]
Kansan Purchases Santa Maria Times
''Los Angeles Times
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 ...
'' In 1947 the paper bought up the ''Santa Maria Vidette'', ''Guadalupe Gazette'', and ''Santa Maria Courier'', and later the ''Santa Maria Advertiser'' Burl Hagagone bought the paper in 1958.
[(13 November 19170]
history
''Santa Maria Times'' The paper had been owned by
Pulitzer, Inc.
Pulitzer, Inc. was an American media company who owned newspapers, television stations and radio stations across the United States. Founded by Joseph Pulitzer (who also funded the Pulitzer Prizes, which are not affiliated with the company), its p ...
at the time of the company's acquisition by
Lee Enterprises
Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 77 daily newspapers in 26 states, and more than 350 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by Alfred Wilson Lee and is b ...
in 2005.
In 2016, the Santa Maria Times won first place in the General Excellence category in its division of California's Better Newspapers Contest. In 2018, the Santa Maria Times received First Place CNPA Online General Excellence and received a 2018 Lee President's Award for its yearlong series "Green Rush in the 805?", and in 2019 received a President's Award honorable mention by parent company Lee Enterprises for the newspaper’s in-depth series "Wildfire County: Planning for the next big blaze".
In November 2019, Davis Taylor became Regional Publisher Marga K. Cooley has been the Managing Editor since 2013.
In March 2020, the paper was sold to Santa Maria California News Media Inc. a newly formed company led by a group of Canadian newspaper executives. Terri Leifeste became Vice President/Group Publisher.
References
External links
* {{official, https://santamariatimes.com/
1882 establishments in California
Daily newspapers published in California