Soledad Bee

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Soledad Bee
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)New SV Media, Dan Pulcrano
PublisherJeanie Johnson
EditorRyan Cronk
Founded1909
Headquarters522-B Broadway King City CA 93930, Monterey County
Circulation 1,050
OCLC number 33341989
Website soledadbee.com

The Soledad Bee is a weekly newspaper serving the town of Soledad, California and southern Monterey County. It has a circulation of 1,050 weekly paid readers. [1]

Contents

The paper is a member of the Soledad Chamber of Commerce [2]

The owner of the Soledad Bee is California publisher New SV Media. [3] [4] The current editor is Ryan Cronk. [5] [6]

History

The Soledad Bee was established 1909 by Chester G. Kinnear. [7] It was first mentioned in the Santa Cruz Evening News on October 20, 1909. [8] In 1911, Kinnear was sued for libel for placing an advertisement against Maxwell Browne, who was a candidate for District Attorney at the time. [9] Kinnear had already sold the paper to C. J. Giacomazzi by this point, but he was staying with the paper to help prepare Giacomazzi to run the paper.

In 1919, C. J. Giacomazzi returned from serving in the American Expeditionary Forces in France. [10]

In 1967, Harry Casey, who also owned the Greenfield News and Gonzales Tribune , acquired the Soledad Bee. [11] All of Casey's newspapers were printed in The King City Rustler plant. In 1981 Publisher Harry Casey, supported by the California Newspaper Publishers Association, insists that newspapers have the right to view police investigation reports. [12] As a result, the California Newspaper Publishers Association talked to state legislators about changing the law to require the basic reporting of crimes. Casey continued to cover issues with the Soledad police department, especially as a grand jury investigated the department. The mayor, in response to the Bee's coverage, angrily complained that the Bee was "going out and digging up stuff" about the police department. [13]

The Soledad Bee and associated weekly papers were sold to News Media Corporation in 1995. [14] On July 1, 2019, New SV Media purchased the Bee along with three newspapers in the Salinas Valley area and the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian. [15]

Awards

The paper was recognized with a Merit Award by the California Newspaper Publishers' Association in 1971 and 1973. [16]

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  3. ↑ "California publisher buys South County newspapers". www.soledadbee.com. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 31 Mar 2020.
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  5. ↑ "Contact Us". soledadbee.com. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  6. ↑ "Editor Ryan Cronk transfers up Highway 101 – CNPA". cnpa.com. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  7. ↑ "Soledad Bee". Chronicling America. Retrieved 17 Oct 2018.
  8. ↑ "Soledad to Have and Paper". Santa Cruz Evening News. 20 Oct 1909.
  9. ↑ "Here's A Funny Libel Suit". Santa Cruz Evening News. 2 Feb 1911.
  10. ↑ The Pacific Printer: The Leading Trade Journal in the West for the Printing and Allied Interests. 1919. p. 265.
  11. ↑ "Harry Casey | Northern California Media Museum". www.norcalmediamuseum.org. Retrieved 22 Oct 2018.
  12. ↑ "Police - press war brewing". The Ottawa Citizen. 25 Mar 1981.
  13. ↑ "County grand jury investigates Soledad Police Department". The San Francisco Examiner. 28 Dec 1980.
  14. ↑ "King City paper sold". Santa Cruz Sentinel. 1 Apr 1995.
  15. ↑ "Good Times purchases Watsonville Register-Pajaronian". www.pajaronian.com. Retrieved 31 Mar 2020.
  16. ↑ "Former Editor Receives California News Award". The Independent. 22 Feb 1973.
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