The San Bernardino Sun

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San Bernardino Sun
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Digital First Media [1] [2]
Founder(s)W.A. Selkirk
N.J. Levinson
PublisherRon Hasse
EditorFrank Pine
Senior EditorJessica Keating
Founded1894;131 years ago (1894)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters290 N. D St. Suite 102
San Bernardino, California, 92401
Circulation 52,273 Daily
57,150 Sunday(as of 2010) [3]
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. It is part of the Southern California News Group family of local newspapers serving specific areas of Southern California. The Sun is owned by Digital First Media which is controlled by Alden Global Capital. [1] [2]

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History

At various times, the newspaper was known as The Sun, The Sun-Telegram, The San Bernardino County Sun, and The San Bernardino Daily Sun. [4] On September 1, 1894, the first issue of The Daily Sun was published in San Bernardino, California. W.A. Selkirk was the editor and N.J. Levinson was business manager. [5] Soon Robert C. Harbison was hired as a reporter. [6] In March 1896, Selkirk retired from the paper. [7] A group of business men bought the Sun and installed Edward N. Buck as editor and manger. [8]

Under Buck, the Sun was affiliated with the Silver Republican Party. The other owners quickly grew dissatisfied with Buck and foreclosed on the mortgage. The paper was then sold to Harbison, who became editor, and R.E. Norton, who became business manager. In response, Buck had two men armed with Winchester rifles barricade themselves inside the paper's office while he sought to legally stop the sale. During the night, a group of men rushed the office, broke down the door and threw the guards out into the street. Harbison and Norton then took charge of the Sun. [9] [10] [11]

In 1937, Harbison died. [12] He was succeeded as editor and company president by James A. Guthrie. [13] In 1949, the paper dedicated a new $500,000 headquarters. [14] In 1964, Guthrie and the Harbison family sold the paper to Times Mirror, owner of the Los Angeles Times , [15] but the company was court ordered to sell it in 1968 to Gannett due to antitrust concerns. [16] In 1999, the Sun came under the management of MediaNews Group. At that time the paper had a daily circulation of 80,000. [17] [18]

References

  1. 1 2 Tedford, Daniel (2017-08-22). "The San Bernardino Sun news organization". San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  2. 1 2 Folkenflik, David (2021-05-21). "'Vulture' Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers". National Public Radio . Archived from the original on 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Sun reports circulation growth". San Bernardino Sun. October 25, 2010. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  4. ↑ Vassilakos-Long, Jill. "Library Guides: San Bernardino County Sun: History of San Bernardino Newspapers". John M. Pfau Library. California State University, San Bernardino. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Volume 1. | No. 1". The San Bernardino County Sun. September 1, 1894. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "The Sun celebrates century of service". The San Bernardino County Sun. September 1, 1994. p. 11.
  7. ↑ "From San Berdoon to Fresno". The Fresno Weekly Republican. March 20, 1896. p. 6.
  8. ↑ "The New Sun". Redlands Daily Facts. March 12, 1896. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Conflicting Interests". Redlands Daily Facts. August 4, 1896. p. 2.
  10. ↑ "San Bernardino County | A Newspaper's Sudden Change Of Editors and Politics". The Los Angeles Times. August 5, 1896. p. 11.
  11. ↑ "Row Over A Newspaper. | The San Bernardino Sun Sold to Satisfy a Debt". San Francisco Chronicle. August 6, 1896. p. 4.
  12. ↑ "Pioneer Editor Passes Away | Robert C. Harbison of San Bernardino Died There This Morning". Redlands Daily Facts. October 21, 1937. p. 1.
  13. ↑ "Sun Expands With County Over 54-Year Span Since Founding in 1894". The San Bernardino County Sun. January 23, 1949. p. 24.
  14. ↑ "San Bernardino Sun-Telegram Dedicates $500,000 Building". The Los Angeles Times. January 23, 1949. p. 60.
  15. ↑ "San Bernardino Sun sold to L.A. Times". Redlands Daily Facts. June 25, 1964. p. 4.
  16. ↑ "U.S. Judge Ok's Times Sale Of San Bernardino Newspapers". The Register. Santa Ana, California. United Press International. December 11, 1968. p. 93.
  17. ↑ "San Bernardino newspaper joins media group". The Californian. Temecula, California. March 5, 1999. p. 23.
  18. ↑ Roberts, Gene; Kunkel, Thomas; Layton, Charles, eds. (2001). Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering . Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN   1610752325.
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