Lompoc Record

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Lompoc Record
TypeWeekly
FormatBroadsheet
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 https://www.lompocrecord.com

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

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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  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.