The ''Pasadena Star-News'' is a paid local daily newspaper for the greater
Pasadena, California
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area. The Pasadena ''Star-News'' is a member of Southern California News Group (formerly the
Los Angeles Newspaper Group
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), since 1996. It is also part of the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group, along with the ''
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
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'' and the ''
Whittier Daily News
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History
First published in 1884, the paper was originally located at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Oakland Avenue for years. That building is now home to
Technique at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and
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The first radio broadcast of the
Rose Parade
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in 1926 aired from the newspaper's radio station KPSN, which broadcast out of a pair of radio towers that the building once hosted.
[ From 1904 to 1956 Charles H. Prisk, was one of the first publishers and owner of the Pasadena Star-News. Charles was also the owner of the Pasadena Post and the Long Beach ]Press-Telegram
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. William F. Prisk, his brother, was a publisher.[ William Paddock, Prisk's son-in-law, was the vice president and general manager of the Star-News, Pasadena-Post and the Press-Telegram.][ Willam Paddock married Prisk's daughter Neva Prisk Malaby, then began working at the newspapers as a result. William Paddock, also known as ]Olympic
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Champion Charles "Charley" Paddock, ran the world record for the 100-yard dash
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in 1921 at 9.5 seconds, giving him the title "World's Fastest Human".[ Editors in the historical Star-News Building included Ed Essertier, Charles Cherniss, Bill Winter, Larry Wilson, and Frank Girardot. Publishers after Bernard J. Ridder included Bill Applebee.
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. and Bernard J. Ridder
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took over as publisher. Ridder merged with Knight to form Knight Ridder
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in 1974. The paper was sold off in 1989 to a company owned by William Dean Singleton
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. the Thomson Corporation
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bought majority control of the paper a year later.MediaNews Group
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in 1996,
Community news, events and opinion
Patt Diroll writes a weekly social events column with photos and a calendar listing on Mondays and editorial board member Larry Wilson writes a column on Pasadena history and current events on Wednesdays.
Previous owners
* Charles H. Prisk
Awards
*The California Newspapers Publishers Association awarded the Pasadena Star-News four of the top journalism awards out of thirty-eight awards given to its parent company Los Angeles News Group at the annual awards luncheon in San Diego
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.
*The California Newspaper Publisher Association, the state's press association, named the Pasadena Star-News, California's best mid-sized daily in 2015.
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Daily newspapers published in Greater Los Angeles
Mass media in Pasadena, California
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Newspapers established in 1905
1905 establishments in California