Redding Record Searchlight

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Redding Record Searchlight
Record Searchlight (2019-10-31).svg
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Gannett
PresidentPaula Goudreau [1]
EditorJenny Espino [2]
Founded1938
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters
Website redding.com

The Redding Record Searchlight is a newspaper serving Redding, California. It has a daily print circulation of under 15,000 and has between 100,000 to 400,000 unique visitors per month to its news website, Redding.com. [3]

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History

On October 17, 1938, the John P. Scripps Newspaper Group published the first edition of the Redding Record. By 1952, after a series of acquisitions of other regional newspapers, the paper had become the region's dominant daily newspaper, operating under the name Redding Record Searchlight. [4]

In April 2016, as part of Gannett's acquisition of Journal Media Group, the Record Searchlight became part of the USA Today network. [5]

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References

  1. "Goudreau new president of Record Searchlight" . Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  2. "Staff Directory" . Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  3. "Record Searchlight earns 18 journalism awards in statewide contest" . Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  4. "About Us" . Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  5. "Gannett closes on $280 million purchase of Journal Media Group" . Retrieved January 28, 2024.