Greenfield News

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Greenfield News
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)New SV Media
Founder(s)Irwin Coffey
EditorRyan Cronk
Founded1936
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters King City, California
City Greenfield, California
Circulation 1,150
Website greenfieldnews.com

The Greenfield News is a weekly newspaper that serves Greenfield in central Monterey County, California. It is owned by New SV Media, a subsidiary of Weeklys.

History

In 1936, Irwin Coffey first published the Greenfield News. Coffey previously edited the Gonzales Tribune for a decade. After establishing the News, his brother Charles H. Coffey took over management of the Tribune. [1] [2]

In 1961, Casey Newspapers, owner of the King City Rustler bought the News from Irwin Coffey. [3] In 1995, News Media Corporation purchased the News and its associated weekly papers from the Casey family. [4] After 23 years of ownership, NMC in 2019 sold the paper along with the Soledad Bee, King City Rustler and Gonzales Tribune, to New SV Media group, which owned the Gilroy Dispatch , Morgan Hill Times and Hollister Free Lance. [5]

References

  1. "New Postmaster Is On Job Succeeding Charles H. Coffry". The Californian. Salinas, California. May 25, 1936. p. 12.
  2. "Greenfield Will Have NEwspaper". Gonzales Tribune. March 26, 1936. p. 1.
  3. "King City Publisher Buys Greenfield News". The Californian. Salinas, California. August 31, 196. p. 4.
  4. "King City paper sold". Santa Cruz Sentinel. April 1, 1995. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Lyon, Mike (2019-07-03). "California publisher buys South County newspapers". Soledad Bee. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved 2025-09-23.