| Type | Twice weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Digital First Media |
| Founder | Linn J. Potter |
| Publisher | Mazi Kavoosi |
| Editor | Mike Wolcott |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Headquarters | 400 E. Park Ave. Chico, California |
| City | Paradise, California |
| Country | United States |
| Website | paradisepost.com |
The Paradise Post is a twice-a-week newspaper in Paradise, California.[1] The newspaper is part of the Digital First Media corporation. It has a circulation of about 7,000, and publishes Wednesday and Saturday.
History
[edit]In September 1945, the Paradise Post was founded by Linn J. Potter as a weekly newspaper.[2] The business opened its own printing plant in March 1946.[3] It soon expanded to a twice weekly.[4] In June 1946 was sold to Charles Haines Comfort, an advertisement salesman and columnist at The Chico Record.[4]
Comfort sold the business in February 1947 to Carl Starkey, the night city editor at the Record.[5] Starkey operated the Post for about two years until selling it in March 1949 so he could enroll in college. The new owner was Charles Utt, of San Francisco.[6] Utt ran the paper until his death and then his widow a year later sold it in March 1965 to Lee Kenworthy and Troy L. Maness, who previously ran The Willits News.[7]
In December 1977, a small investment group headed by Post editor James A. Fallbeck acquired the paper from Maness.[8] It was announced a few months later that Lowell Blankfort and Rowland Rebele, owners of The Chula Vista Star-News, were also part of the new ownership group.[9] In 2003, Blankfort and Rebele sold the Post to MediaNews Group. At that time the paper had a circulation of 8,000.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Paradise Post Archive". Newspapers.com. October 2, 1979. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ "Editorial". Paradise Progress Review. Paradise, California. September 1, 1945. p. 2.
- ^ "Paper Moves Into Its Own Plant". Oroville Mercury Register. Oroville, California. March 14, 1946. p. 4.
- ^ a b Brown, Clara (June 11, 1946). "Report Sale of Paradise Post". The Chico Enterprise. Chico, California. p. 3.
- ^ "Chico Newsman Buys Paradise Post". Oroville Mercury Register. Oroville, California. February 6, 1947. p. 6.
- ^ "Paradise Post Changes Hands". Oroville Mercury Register. Oroville, California. March 3, 1949. p. 12.
- ^ "Paradise Post Is Sold to Former La Habra Editor". Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. March 27, 1965. p. 2.
- ^ "Paradise Paper Gets New Owners". Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. December 8, 1977. p. 21.
- ^ "Paradise Post Plans No Change". Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. May 15, 1978. p. 2.
- ^ Urseny, Laura (February 1, 2003). "Paradise Post, E-R now have same owners". Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. p. 1.