The Reporter (Vacaville) Explained

The Reporter (Vacaville)
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Foundation:1883
Owners:Digital First Media
Publisher:Jim Gleim
Editor:Jack F.K. Bungart
Circulation:2,721 Daily
3,824 Sunday
Circulation Date:2022
Circulation Ref:[1]
Headquarters:401 Davis Street, Suite F, Vacaville, California
Website:thereporter.com

The Vacaville Reporter is a newspaper in the city of Vacaville, California. It also covers surrounding Solano County, California, including Fairfield and Dixon. The Rico family, who had owned the paper since 1935, sold the paper to MediaNews Group in 2002.[2]

In 2013, MediaNews Group merged and became Digital First Media which is controlled by Alden Global Capital.[3] Alden has a practice of reducing staff and draining resources from local papers.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bay Area News Group Market Book . 2023-04-21 . Dropbox . en.
  2. Web site: Vacaville newspaper sold to Denver media firm. San Francisco Business Times. 2015-05-17. 2002-08-16.
  3. Web site: 2013-12-31 . So Long, MediaNews Group; Hello Digital First Media . 2023-12-27 . Denver Newspaper Guild . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20230606004930/https://denvernewspaperguild.org/so-long-medianews-group-hello-digital-first-media/ . 2023-06-06 . live.
  4. News: Folkenflik . David . 'Vulture' Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers . 2022-05-30 . . 2021-05-21 . en-US . https://archive.today/20210521172142/https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/998730863/vulture-fund-alden-global-known-for-slashing-newsrooms-buys-tribune-papers . 2021-05-21 . live.