Las Cruces Sun-News
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Gannett |
Publisher | Rynni Henderson[needs update] |
Editor | Lucas Peerman (2017-present)[1] |
Founded | 1881 [2] |
Headquarters | Las Cruces, New Mexico |
Circulation | 22,646 Daily 23,917 Sunday (2011)[3] |
ISSN | 1081-2172 |
Website | lcsun-news |
Las Cruces Sun-News, founded in 1881,[2] is a daily newspaper published in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
History[]
The Sun-News started in 1881 as the Rio Grande Republican and went through several mergers to become the Las Cruces Daily News in 1934. Another daily, the Las Cruces Sun, started publication in 1937 and bought the Daily News in 1939 to form the Las Cruces Sun-News. The paper changed ownership several times, bought by Opal Lee Priestley and Orville Priestley, in 1946; then sold to Worrell Newspapers Inc., in 1970,[citation needed] and acquired by Garden State, a subsidiary of MediaNews Group in 1989,[4] it was most recently bought by Gannett.[2][5] The paper became part of the , a joint venture formed in 2003 between MediaNews Group and Gannett, with MediaNews Group the managing partner. [6] In 2015, Gannett acquired full ownership of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership.[7]
References[]
- ^ Haussamen, Heath (3 May 2017). "'Las Cruces Sun-News' cuts staff, top editor resigns". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Las Cruces Sun-News". Gannett. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ "eCirc for Newspapers". Audit Bureau of Circulations. September 30, 2011. Archived from the original on March 17, 2013.
- ^ "TICKER". Daily Press. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- ^ Brunt, Charles D. (1999). "Pressing On: Newspaper pioneers lead way to today's Sun-News". Celebrating 150 years of Las Cruces history. Las Cruces Sun-News. OCLC 50154273.
- ^ "Gannett, MediaNews Group expand and reorganize Texas-New Mexico Partnership" (Press release). Gannett Co., Inc. 2003-12-01. Archived from the original on 2007-04-02. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ Gannett acquires complete ownership of Texas-New Mexico Newspaper Partnership from Digital First Media
External links[]
- Newspapers published in New Mexico
- Publications established in 1881
- Gannett publications
- Mass media in Las Cruces, New Mexico
- 1881 establishments in New Mexico Territory
- Newspapers published in the Western United States stubs
- New Mexico stubs