Southern California News Group
| Company type | MediaNews Group |
|---|---|
| Website | socalnewsgroup |
The Southern California News Group (SCNG), formerly the San Gabriel Valley News Group and the Los Angeles News Group, is an umbrella group of local daily newspapers published in the greater Los Angeles area of southern California by Digital First Media, which is owned by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital.
History
Originally named the San Gabriel Valley News Group (SGVN), the organization was formed as an umbrella name for
On March 21, 2016, a bankruptcy judge approved the sale of
The news coverage of the newspapers are mainly local and state stories, including Los Angeles area news provided by
Newspapers
The newspapers include:
- Daily Breeze - Torrance and the South Bay (acquired from the San Diego-based Copley Press in 2007)
- Donrey).
- Press-Telegram - Long Beachserving the greater Long Beach area
- Los Angelesmetropolitan area (San Fernando Valley) and Northern Los Angeles County, and the flagship newspaper of the group.
- Orange County Register - serving Orange County, California
- Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena serving the greater Pasadena area
- Donrey) serving the Redlands area
- The Press-Enterprise - Riverside serving western and central Riverside County
- San Bernardino Countyserving the San Bernardino Valley
- San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Monrovia serving the central and east San Gabriel Valley
- Whittier Daily News - Whittier serving the Pico Rivera and Whittier areas
- San Diego Union Tribune serving San Diego County (purchased July 10, 2023).
Also included are the community weeklies, which include the Palos Verdes Peninsula News and The Beach Reporter, which publishes on Thursdays with the Daily Breeze, the Gazette weeklies cover the Long Beach neighborhoods north and east of downtown, also on Thursdays. The Orange County Register publishes a total of seventeen community weeklies covering most of Orange County, with the exception of Santa Ana.
Spanish-language weeklies include Excelsior which have two editions for Los Angeles and Orange counties and La Prensa, which covers the Inland Empire.
The inland newspapers (Daily Bulletin, Daily Facts, Press-Enterprise, and Sun) are further subdivided into the Inland Newspapers Group with combined business operations.[6] The former SGVN newspapers are also operated as an integrated business unit, out of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune offices in Monrovia (with the Pasadena office serving as a bureau for the greater Pasadena area). The Daily Breeze and Press-Telegram also have integrated business operations.[7] The union for the Press-Telegram, which was inherited from Knight-Ridder operation, has criticized the demotion of the Press-Telegram Long Beach offices to a bureau, with most work done out of the Daily Breeze in Torrance.[8]
Prior to the merger with the Freedom newspapers, LANG identified themselves as editions of the Los Angeles Daily News in order to make LANG a "Top Ten" media buy as ranked by the Alliance for Audited Media.[9] The combined readership of SCNG newspapers is 3.8 million, which if combined would make it the third largest newspaper group in the country.[10] Effective April 1, 2018, all ten daily newspapers covering Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, along with seventeen community weeklies covering Orange County now identify themselves as editions of the Register on the front page.
On July 10, 2023, SCNG announced it had purchased the San Diego Union Tribune from billionaire owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, for an undisclosed amount.[11]
References
- ^ "Los Angeles Newspaper Group :: History/Position Statement". www.losangelesnewspapergroup.com.
- ^ Talking New Media blog: "Bankruptcy judge approves Digital First Media purchase of Freedom Communications assets", by D.B. Hebbard March 21, 2016.
- ^ LA Observed blog: "Memo: LA News Group now So Cal News Group", by Kevin Roderick, March 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Yarbrough, Beau; Inl; Bulletin, Valley Daily (April 2, 2016). "San Gabriel Valley Tribune publisher says OC Register, Riverside Press-Enterprise will remain 'local and independent'". Los Angeles Daily News.
- ^ "Tony Jackson Fired; One Reporter Left on Dodgers Beat". www.oberjuerge.com.
- ^ "MEDIA: News group names VP of advertising – Press Enterprise". April 7, 2016.
- ^ "Leslie Lindemann named VP of advertising for Daily Breeze, Press-Telegram". July 10, 2015.
- ^ "Long Beach Press-Telegram". January 7, 2016.
- ^ "Al Martinez pens final column for changing Daily News". LA Observed.
- ^ "SCNG Audience". southern california news group.
- ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
Further reading
- Bass, Jack (July–August 1999). "Newspaper Monopoly". American Journalism Review. College Park, Maryland: University of Maryland Foundation.