The Record (Stockton, California)

The Record
The July 27, 2005 front page
of The Record.
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Gannett
Founder(s)Irving Martin
EditorDon Blount
Founded1895
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters530 E. Market Street
Stockton, CA 95202
United States
Circulation14,500 Daily
23,200 Sunday
Websiterecordnet.com

The Record is a daily newspaper based in Stockton, California, serving San Joaquin and Calaveras Counties. It is owned by Gannett.

History

The Record was first published by Irving Martin on April 7, 1895.[1] Speidel Newspapers, Inc. bought the newspaper from the Martin family in 1969.[2] The company merged with the Gannett Company in 1977[3][4] and sold The Record to the Omaha World-Herald Company in 1994.[5] Ottaway Community Newspapers bought The Record for $144 million in 2003.[6]

The company's name was changed to Dow Jones Local Media Group, and was sold by News Corp in 2013 to Fortress Investment Group for $87 million. The newspapers were managed by GateHouse Media,[7] which soon after the sale filed prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure its debt obligations in order to accommodate the acquisition.[8]

In October 2018, The Record closed its press facility.[9] In 2019, GateHouse merged with Gannett.[10] In March 2024, The Record announced it will switch from carrier to postal delivery.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Press To Honor Irving Martin". Stockton Evening and Sunday Record. June 18, 1948. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Speidel Offical Pledges Record's Independence". Stockton Evening and Sunday Record. March 27, 1969. p. 17.
  3. ^ "Merger of newspaper chains, Gannet, Speidel approved". The San Bernardino County Sun. December 21, 1976. p. 19.
  4. ^ "Speidel-Gannett merger wins approval". The Salinas Californian. May 11, 1977. p. 18.
  5. ^ Millegan, Lisa (November 29, 1994). "Nebraska-based chain buys Stockton Record". Oakland Tribune. p. 27.
  6. ^ Kemsley, Jyllian (April 17, 2003). "Ottaway buys Stockton newspaper". Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. 34.
  7. ^ Foley, Peter (September 4, 2013). "News Corp. sells 33 papers to New York investors". New York Business Journal. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  8. ^ Pearson, Sophia; Kary, Tiffany (September 27, 2013). "GateHouse Files for Bankruptcy as Part of Fortress Plan". Bloomberg.
  9. ^ "Stockton Record Closing Press Facility, 40 Jobs Lost In GateHouse Media Slashing". KOVR. 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  10. ^ "New Media and Gannett Complete Merger, Creating Leading U.S. Print and Digital News Organization" (Press release). Business Wire. November 19, 2019.
  11. ^ Romero, Sheyanne (March 8, 2024). "Delivery changes coming to The Stockton Record: What to know". The Stockton Record. Retrieved 2024-03-16.


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