History
On Nov. 13, 1886, the first edition of the Paso Robles Leader was published. [1] [2] In 1915, L.B. Lawrence started the Paso Robles Press. [3] He bought the Paso Robles Record in 1918, [4] and the Paso Robles Leader from H.G. Wright in 1919. Both papers were absorbed into the Press. [2] Lawrence sold the Press in 1921 to A.B. Butterworth, former owner of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. [5] He sold it back to Lawrence in 1922. [6]
At some point Griffin Smith, acquired the paper. In 1925, he sold it to George N. Weaver. [7] Three years later the paper was sold again by Fred J. Smith and Fred W. Smith to Donald D. Campbell. [8] In 1930, Campbell petitioned the government to un-adjudicate a rival paper after it changed its name from The Spotlight to the Paso Robles Spotlight, arguing they were two different papers. [9] A year later the Spotlight closed and Campbell purchased its subscription list. [10]
In 1956, Fred. E. Weybret, owner of the La Grande Observer , purchased the newspaper from Thomas J. Barry, [11] [12] and he sold it three years later to Arthur C. Youngberg. [13] In 1966, James J. McGifin owner of the Red Bluff Daily News , acquired the Press. [14] It was sold a year later to Ben Reddick. [15]
In 1996, Central Valley Publishing Inc., an affiliate of USMedia Group of Crystal City, Missouri, bought the Press from the Reddick family. At the time it had a circulation of 5,000. [16] In April 2000, the paper eliminated its Friday edition. [17] In 2002, News Media Corporation acquired the Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press, [18] and sold both papers in 2019 to Nicholas and Hayley Mattson. [19]
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