Tracy Press

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Tracy Press
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s)Tank Town Media
Founder(s)W. W. Felts
PublisherWill Fleet and Ralph Alldredge
Sports editorBob Brownne
Photo editorGlenn Moore
FoundedApril 2, 1898 [1]
Headquarters95 W. 11th St., Ste. 101, Tracy, California
Sister newspapersPatterson Irrigator
Website tracypress.com

The Tracy Press is a weekly newspaper published in Tracy, California, United States. As of 2014, the paper has an average weekly circulation of over 10,000 and covers both Tracy and Mountain House. [2]

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History

TheTracy Exponent was established in 1892 by W. W. Felts, who soon changed the name to The Tracy Times. The following year he sold the newspaper to Thomas Duffy, who after less than a year [3] sold it to D. J. Looney. It was under Looney the name was changed to Tracy Press. Frank P. Anderson and Charles P. Fox purchased the paper in 1899, [3] but soon sold it to Rev. William Paul Friedrich. [4] [3]

In 1911, Ida M, Ross, who for a few months published a rival paper, acquired The Press and ran it until most of the town's business district was destroyed in a fire in February 1912. Henry Hull then owned the paper for a few decades until selling to Harvey F. Mathews on July 1, 1943. After his death in 1949, his wife Laura E. Mathews assumed management of the paper followed by her sons Thomas F. and Samuel H. [3]

In 2012, Tracy Press Inc., which was owned by the Matthews family, declared bankruptcy and was sold on Nov. 12 to Will Fleet and Ralph Alldredge, under the name Tank Town Media. [5]

2006 Political Coverage

Leading up to the 2006 U.S. Congressional Election, Tracy Press articles and editorials were widely discussed in state and national news and opinion forums, from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee [6] to Amy Ridenour's National Center for Public Policy Research blog, [7] due to the Press being the hometown newspaper of the embattled United States Representative Richard Pombo. The Tracy Press-sponsored forum held October 6, 2006 turned out to be the only time that Pombo and challenger Jerry McNerney faced voters on the same stage after Pombo declined debate invitations from groups such as the League of Women Voters. [8] [9]

Freedom of information

The Tracy Press filed a California Public Records Act request in 2007, seeking copies of e-mails sent from the personal e-mail account of Tracy Vice Mayor Suzanne Tucker. The e-mails were sent to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory officials and concerned the manner in which a public forum about the research laboratory would be conducted. Since the e-mails were about city business, attorneys for the Tracy Press argued that copies should be made available to the public. A San Joaquin County Superior Court judge ruled against the Tracy Press, saying that since the e-mails were created and kept on Tucker's personal computer, and were never used, owned, possessed or sent by the city, they are not public records. The Tracy Press appealed the ruling and the California Court of Appeal (3rd District) ruled in favor of the City of Tracy on procedural grounds. [10]

Other publications

In addition to the Tracy Press, Tank Town Media also publishes the Patterson Irrigator in Patterson. [11] In 2020, the comapny sold the Scotts Valley Press-Banner to Good Times [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tracy Press - About Us" . Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Tracy Press... Racial diversity of its news staff and community
  3. 1 2 3 4 "74 Years of Service". Tracy Press. January 23, 1970. p. 16.
  4. ↑ Matthews, Sam (2010-07-23). "Tracing Tracy Territory: Walking with Tracy's founders". Tracy Press. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  5. ↑ "Printing press auctioned, dismantled". Tracy Press. 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  6. ↑ The Stakeholder:: Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog: Rep. Richard Pombo Thinks We're "Far Right"? ... Surely Not
  8. ↑ Recordnet.com: Pombo, McNerney debate war, energy, immigration
  9. ↑ Politics Weblog Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Ellis, Steven M. (July 17, 2008). "Court Tosses Records Request for Failure to Name Party". Metropolitan News-Enterprise. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ "About Us". Tank Town Media. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  12. ↑ "Good Times Purchases Press Banner". Weeklys. October 6, 2020. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
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