Antelope Valley Press

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Antelope Valley Press
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Antelope Valley Press, Inc.
PublisherSteven Malkowich
PresidentMelanie Walsh
FoundedApril 3, 1915;109 years ago (1915-04-03)
(as the Palmdale Post)
Headquarters37404 Sierra Highway
Palmdale, California, United States
Circulation 17,836 daily
21,668 Sundays(as of 2011) [1]
ISSN 0744-5830
OCLC number 8403932
Website avpress.com

The Antelope Valley Press, colloquially referred to as the Valley Press or AV Press by its staff and Antelope Valley residents, is the largest-circulation daily newspaper in Palmdale, California, United States.

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Coverage area

The Valley Press covers the fast-growing Antelope Valley, especially the Palmdale/Lancaster Urbanized Area (a US Census Bureau defined term) and adjacent areas of north Los Angeles and southeastern Kern counties, including the upscale Los Angeles urban escapes of Acton and Agua Dulce. Other areas the Valley Press occasionally covers, particularly for aerospace related stories and local high school and college level sports, include the Victor Valley, Bakersfield, and southern San Joaquin Valley areas. [2]

History

The Valley Press was founded by A.J. Hicks on Saturday, April 3, 1915, as the Palmdale Post. At the time, the Valley was home to about 3,500 people. Over the decades of the 20th century, the newspaper changed hands, and there were a few name changes as well. On May 4, 1950, the paper became known as the South Antelope Valley Press. [3]

It had been a family-owned business since beginning as a weekly newspaper in 1915, until June 30, 2017, when it was assimilated into Canadian publisher Steven Malkowich's consortium of holdings. [4]

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References

  1. "Annual Audit Report, March 2011". Larkspur, Calif.: Verified Audit Circulation . Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  2. About Us
  3. "Antelope Valley Press sold to new owner". Los Angeles Daily News. 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  4. "AV Press sold to new owner". The Antelope Valley Times. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-28.

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