The San Bernardino Sun

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San Bernardino Sun
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TypeDaily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Digital First Media/Alden Global Capital [1] [2]
PublisherRon Hasse
EditorFrank Pine
Senior EditorJessica Keating
Founded1894;130 years ago (1894) [3]
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters290 N. D St. Suite 102
San Bernardino, California, 91764
Circulation 52,273 Daily
57,150 Sunday
[4]
Sister newspapers Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts
Website sbsun.com

The San Bernardino Sun is a paid daily newspaper in San Bernardino County, California, headquartered in the city of San Bernardino. Founded in 1894, it has significant circulation in neighboring Riverside County, and serves most of the Inland Empire in Southern California, with a circulation area spanning from the border of Los Angeles and Orange counties to the west, east to Yucaipa, north to the San Bernardino Mountain range and south to the Riverside County line. Its local competitor is The Press-Enterprise in Riverside. It publishes the annual PrepXtra high school football magazine with capsules and schedules for all schools in Pomona and San Bernardino valleys. It is part of the Southern California News Group family of local newspapers serving specific areas of Southern California.

Contents

The Sun is owned by Digital First Media which is controlled by Alden Global Capital. [1] [2]

History

Times Mirror, owner of the Los Angeles Times , bought the paper in 1964, but was ordered to sell it due to antitrust concerns. Gannett purchased it in 1968, and MediaNews Group took control of it in 1999, [5] making it a sister newspaper to the Times' rival, the Los Angeles Daily News . It is a member of the Southern California News Group. [6]

At various times, the newspaper was known as The Sun, The Sun-telegram, and The San Bernardino County Sun. [7]

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