| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Digital First Media |
| Founder(s) | James D. McClain |
| Publisher | Steve Bressoud |
| Editor | Jack F.K. Bungart |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Headquarters | 401 Davis Street, Suite F, Vacaville, California |
| Circulation | 2,721 Daily 3,824 Sunday(as of 2022) [1] |
| ISSN | 0746-4193 |
| OCLC number | 10029579 |
| Website | thereporter.com |
The Vacaville Reporter is a newspaper in the city of Vacaville, California. [2] It also covers surrounding Solano County, California, including Fairfield and Dixon.
The first issue of The Reporter was published on March 10, 1883 by editor and proprietor James D. McClain. [3] A year later the paper was bought by attorney Raleigh Barcar. [4] On March 4, 1885, Barcar changed the paper's name to Judicion. [5] [4] The word "Judicion" was invented by Barcar. He wrote it was a word of "merit" and intended it to be "a refinement of Gumption," which he thought inelegant. [6]
On Feb. 4, 1886, McClain started another rival paper in Vacaville called The Reporter. [7] [4] A.B. Leach of Judicion sued McClain for $2,500 to stop him from using that name. [8] On Jan. 19, 1889, Henry I. Fisher and Albert Sears started the Vaca Valley Enterprise, [9] [4] which Barcar bought in 1891 and consolidated with Judicion. [10] In 1892, Barcar bought McClain's paper and renamed Judicion back to The Reporter. In 1901, R.B. Stitt launched the Vacaville Leader and Barcar soon bought this paper as well. [4]
In April 1902, Clayton L. Adsit became a co-owner with Raleigh Barcar, [11] and two years later Edward "Andy" Cleveland bought out Barcar in October 1903. [12] Adsit worked as the paper's editor until his sudden death in March 1935. [13] That July, plant employee John Rico purchased the interests of the deceased Adsit. [14] Andrews retired in 1942 and sold out to Rico. [15]
The Rico family operated the paper until selling it to MediaNews Group in 2002. At that time the paper had a circulation of 17,820 on weekdays and 19,201 on Sundays. [16] [17] In 2013, MediaNews Group merged and became Digital First Media which is controlled by Alden Global Capital. [18]