Pasadena Star-News
Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox newspaper The Pasadena Star-News is a local daily newspaper for the greater Pasadena, California area. The Pasadena Star-News has been a member of the Southern California News Group<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> (formerly the Los Angeles Newspaper Group) since 1996. It is also part of the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group, along with the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and the Whittier Daily News. It is a paid newspaper with free online content.
History
In April 1886, H.J. Vail published the first issue of the Pasadena Star.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1889, the Star absorbed the Union.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1890, a stock company headed by George F. Kernaghan bought the Star.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1891, Charles A. Gardner bought out Kernaghan and became editor and publisher.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1900, J.P. Baumgartner sold his interests in the Riverside Press and bought the Star and installed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":0" /> He then Lyman M. King as editor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In November 1904, Charles H. Prisk purchased the Pasadena Daily Star and installed Ernest H. Haack as editor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In December 1910, Prisk became co-owner of the Long Beach Press.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On March 1, 1916, the Star merged with the Pasadena Daily News (founded in 1894) to form the Pasadena Star-News.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> For a time, William Paddock, Prisk's son-in-law who married his daughter Neva Prisk Malaby, was the vice president and general manager of the business.<ref name="psnhist">Template:Cite web</ref> In 1932, the Star bought and absorbed the Pasadena Post.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In March 1940, Prisk died and was succeed by his brother William F. Prisk as the paper's publisher.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1956, Ridder Publications Inc. bought the Star-News and Independent from W.F. Prisk, E.D. Bates and Fred Runyon. Bernard J. Ridder took over as publisher.<ref name="lat-1956mar262">Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1974, Ridder merged with Knight Newspapers Inc. to form Knight Ridder.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1989, the Star-News and subsidiary Foothill Intercity Newspapers were sold for $55 million to MediaNews Group, a company owned by William Dean Singleton. At that time the paper had a 39,000 daily circulation.<ref name="lat-1989apr202">Template:Cite news</ref> A year later Thomson Corporation, which owned the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, bought a majority stake in the Star-News while Singleton retained a minority interest.<ref name="lat-1990aug222">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1996, Thomson sold the Star-News, Tribune, and Whittier Daily News to MediaNews Group.<ref name="lat-1996oct312">Template:Cite news</ref> The three papers went on to become part of the subsidiary Los Angeles Newspaper Group.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>File:Tournament of Roses pictorial, 1917 (IA cp 000018).pdf
Rose Magazine
The newspaper publishes the Rose Magazine, which has provided coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl Game since 1994.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Office
First published in 1884, the paper was originally located at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Oakland Avenue for years. That building is now home to Technique at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and 24 Hour Fitness.<ref name="psnhist" /> The first radio broadcast of the Rose Parade in 1926 aired from the newspaper's radio station KPSN, which broadcast out of a pair of radio towers that the building once hosted.<ref name="psnhist" />
See also
- Charles H. Prisk<ref name="pasadenastarnews.com">Template:Cite web</ref>
- William F. Prisk
Awards
- The California Newspapers Publishers Association awarded the Pasadena Star-News four of the top journalism awards out of thirty-eight awards given to its parent company Los Angeles News Group at the annual awards luncheon in San Diego.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The California Newspaper Publisher Association, the state's press association, named the Pasadena Star-News, California's best mid-sized daily in 2015.<ref name="pasadenastarnews.com"/>
- Winner of the California Newspaper Association's award given for best website.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>