Merced Sun-Star

The Merced Sun-Star is a daily broadsheet newspaper printed in Merced, California, in the United States. It has an estimated circulation of 20,000 copies. The newspaper is published every day except for Sundays.

Merced Sun-Star
Cover of Merced Sun-Star on May 18, 2006
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The McClatchy Company
PublisherTim Ritchey
EditorJoe Kieta - Editor
Founded1869 (as San Joaquin Valley Argus)
Headquarters1190 Olive Ave.
Merced, CA 95348
United States
Circulation15,952 Daily
20,189 Saturday[1]
OCLC number20681689
Website

History

The Merced Sun-Star evolved from the San Joaquin Valley Argus, a weekly newspaper based in the nearby city of Snelling which began publishing the paper in 1869. The Argus merged with the Merced Journal in 1890 to become the Merced County Sun. In 1925 another consolidation created the Merced Sun-Star.[2] In 1941, the Sun-Star was acquired by Dean Lesher.[3] In 1995, Lesher's heirs sold the Sun-Star and the Madera Tribune to US Media, later renamed Pacific-Sierra Publishing.[4][5] The newspaper was acquired by The McClatchy Company in 2004. Currently, the Sun-Star has more than 120 employees that prepare both a print newspaper and an online version.

Ownership

The Merced Sun-Star is owned by The McClatchy Company, which purchased it in 2004 along with five non-dailes in Atwater, Chowchilla, Livingston, Los Banos, and Oakhurst.[6]

The paper is the county's only daily newspaper, although it is not the county's only newspaper. Merced County is also served by the Merced County Times, a weekly paper published each Thursday by Mid-Valley Publications.

Awards

The newspaper has become known for its investigative journalism. A series of articles exposing wrongdoing by the local district attorney ended in the DA's resignation and garnered the newspaper a national Associated Press Managing Editors Association public service award.[7] The stories also won a California First Amendment Coalition Beacon Award, among other distinctions.[8] The newspaper won its second APME award (this one in the First Amendment category) in 2009 after it exposed a series of racist emails sent by an Atwater city councilman.[9]

Online newspaper

The Sun-Star also has an online edition[10] offering the latest news, sports, weather and information affecting Merced and Mariposa counties.

Weekly newspapers

The Merced Sun-Star also publishes the:

  • Atwater Signal
  • Chowchilla News
  • Livingston Chronicle

References
  1. "The McClatchy Company Newspapers: Merced Sun-Star". The McClatchy Company. Retrieved 2006-12-27.
  2. Archived September 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Staff, From Times; Reports, Wire (14 May 1993). "Dean Lesher; Civic Leader, Publisher" – via LA Times.
  4. "Cengage Learning". www.cengage.com.
  5. "Dirks, Van Essen, Murray & April - News - Management Buyout Leads to New Company". www.dirksvanessen.com.
  6. McClatchy buys the Sun plus the Star
  9. http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/08/26/1544076/sun-star-reporter-honored-for.html
  10. "Central California Breaking News, Sports & Crime - Merced Sun-Star". www.mercedsunstar.com.
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