| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Alan Smolinisky |
| Founder(s) | Telford Work |
| Editor | Sarah Shmerling |
| Sports editor | Steve Galluzzo |
| Founded | May 4, 1928 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 21201 Victory Boulevard, Canoga Park, CA 91303 |
| City | Pacific Palisades, California |
| Website | palipost |
The Palisadian-Post is a bi-weekly subscription newspaper serving Pacific Palisades, California, published every other Thursday. The paper was founded in 1928 and is owned by Alan Smolinisky. [1]
The community of Pacific Palisades was founded in early 1922 by Methodists who migrated west. In September 1924, the fledgling Methodist-based community's governing body, the Pacific Palisades Association, began publishing a monthly news sheet known as the Progress. It was by Thomas R. Gettys. [2]
On May 4, 1928, Telford Work published the first edition of The Palisadian, a twelve-page weekly tabloid. Work was a graduate of the University of Southern California who operated the Selma Enterprise for six years and a.small chain of five papers in Fresno and Tulare counties. [3] [4] Work moved to Palisades two years prior to wokk as director of public relations for the Pacific Palisades Association. [2]
In 1934, Clifford D. Clearwater assumed control of the paper. He was one of the first setters of Pacific Palisades and published The Palisadian until his death in 1956. [5] His Zola Clearwater widow ran the paper for a few years until selling it in 1960 to twin brothers Charles B. Brown and William W. Brown, owners of the rivalPacific Palisades Post. The two papers were then consolidated. [2] [6] [7]
In August 1981, the Browns sold the Palisadian-Post, North Shore Mail and Brentwood Post to Small Newspapers of Kankakee, Illinois. [8] Around that time the circulation was 4,100. [9] The Small family operated the paper until December 2012, when they sold it to real estate entrepreneur Alan Smolinisky. [10] [11] [12] [13]
After the sale, editor Bill Bruns announced his plans to retire at the end of the year. He had worked at the Post for two decades. [14] Instead, Smolinisky laid off Bruns and five other journalists. He also let go at least four office workers, shut down the printing press and sold the office building for $3 million. Printing from then on was outsourced. [15] [16]