Lompoc Record

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Lompoc Record
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Santa Maria California News Media Inc.
PublisherTerri Leifeste
EditorMarga K. Cooley
FoundedApril 1875
LanguageEnglish
Sister newspapers Santa Maria Times, Santa Ynez Valley News
Website lompocrecord.com

The Lompoc Record is a newspaper in the town of Lompoc, California.

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History

Donrey Media acquired the paper in 1979; it became part of the MediaNews Group-led California Media Partnership in 1999. [1] Pulitzer bought the paper in 2001. [2] Lee Enterprises bought Pulitzer in 2005 [3] and was sold to Santa Maria News Media Inc. in March 2020. [4]

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References

  1. Roberts, Gene; Kunkel, Thomas; Layton, Charles, eds. (2001). Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering . Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN   1610752325.
  2. Pulitzer names new publisher for Record
  3. Pulitzer chooses Lee Enterprises to continue its newspaper legacy Archived 2013-12-25 at archive.today
  4. Report, Santa Maria Times Staff. "Lee Enterprises sells papers in Santa Maria, Hanford". Santa Maria Times. Retrieved 2020-03-15.