Santa Maria Times
Type | Daily (Tuesday-Sunday) |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Lee Enterprises |
Publisher | Davis Taylor |
Editor | Marga K. Cooley |
Founded | April 1882 |
Language | English |
Circulation | 21,579 (2018)[1] |
Sister newspapers | Lompoc Record, Santa Ynez Valley News |
Website | https://santamariatimes.com/ |
The Santa Maria Times is a daily American newspaper on California's Central Coast serving the cities of Santa Maria; Orcutt; Guadalupe; Nipomo; unincorporated parts of northern Santa Barbara County and southern San Luis Obispo County.[2]. It is published daily Tuesday through Sunday, and is part of the Lee Newspaper group of Lee Enterprises,which also publishes the Lompoc Record and Santa Ynez Valley News, among other newspapers.[citation needed]
Davis Taylor became Regional Publisher in November 2019[3] and Marga K. Cooley is the Managing Editor.[4]
History
The Santa Maria Times was established in April 1882.[5][6][7] In 1918, the paper became a daily.[8]
Owner E.L. Petersen sold the paper in 1938 to Robert and Stanworth Hancock, who in turn sold the paper to Kansas-based Stauffer Communications in 1948.[9][10] In 1947 the paper bought up the Santa Maria Vidette, Guadalupe Gazette, and Santa Maria Courier, and later the Santa Maria Advertiser Burl Hagagone bought the paper in 1958.[11]
In 2017, the Santa Maria Times won 2nd place in the General Excellence category in its division of California's Better Newspapers Contest.[12] It also won awards that year for video journalism and agricultural reporting.
References
- ^ American Newspaper Representatives data (2018)
- ^ Stevenson, Paula. "Research Newspapers by State: California" (PDF). gotoanr.com. American Newspaper Representatives. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Davis Taylor to lead Santa Maria Times, Lee operations in Santa Barbara County". santamariatimes.com.
- ^ "Santa Maria Times". USNPL. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ Storke, Yda Addis.A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura, California, pp. 517-18 (1891)
- ^ (31 March 2019). Important dates in April from 1882 to 2006, Santa Maria Times
- ^ "About Santa Maria semi-weekly times". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ (1 July 2012). ‘The Gazette’ was SB county’s first newspaper, Santa Maria Times
- ^ (27 March 1948). Kansan Purchases Santa Maria Times, Los Angeles Times
- ^ "New Newspaper Plant". The Los Angeles Times. 19 Jun 1955.
- ^ (13 November 19170. history, Santa Maria Times
- ^ "Better Newspapers Contest winners announced". California News Publishers Association. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2018.