The ''Glendale News-Press'' is an American weekly

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published in

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since 1928. Since its purchase by Outlook Newspapers Group in 2020, the ''Glendale News-Press office has been located in La Cañada Flintridge. It has been called the

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for Glendale.

History

Early years

''Glendale News'', a weekly newspaper, was founded on May 1, 1905, by E. M. McClure and J. F. Boughton. McClure bought out Boughton in fall, 1905, then sold the paper on January 1, 1907 to E. B. Riggs and J. C. Sherer. The ''Glendale News'' became a daily newspaper on August 23, 1913. Frank S. Chase launched the weekly ''Glendale Press'' in May 1910. Chase sold the paper in December 1919 to printer J.H. Folz. In 1920, J.W. Usilton bought part interest in the paper, and the pair ran the ''Press'' as a weekly newspaper until March 1, 1921. That day, the ''Press'' was renamed the ''Glendale Daily Press''. Soon thereafter, Folz sold his interest in the paper to Thomas D. Watson, and Usilton remained involved as a part owner. In September 1921, publisher F.W. Kellogg bought control of the ''Glendale Daily Press'' and retained Watson as a general manager.

Growth and ownership changes

As part of a complex transaction involving several other Southern California newspapers, Ira Clifton Copley's

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bought and combined the ''Glendale Daily Press'' and the ''Glendale Evening News'' seven years later, issuing the first edition of the consolidated ''Glendale News-Press'' on February 15, 1928. The ''Glendale News-Press'' became part of Copley's Southern California Associated Newspapers, comprising eight daily newspapers in Los Angeles County. Copley began work on a new site on March 6, 1948, on a site that extended from 111 North Isabel Street, across the street from City Hall. The 35,000-square-foot building was completed in the autumn of 1948, and the ''Glendale News-Press'' staff and office moved to the new site in October 1948. Copley sold the ''News Press'' and the '' Burbank Daily Review'' to Morris Newspapers in 1974; however Morris sold off the papers two years later. Ingersoll Publications bought the papers in 1980. Page Group Publishing, owners of the '' Orange Coast Daily Pilot'' and the ''

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'', acquired the paper from Ingersoll in 1989.

Los Angeles Times

In 1993, Times Mirror bought the newspaper as part of a group of newspapers dubbed California Community News. It was then announced that the ''

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Glendale section would be replaced with the ''Glendale News-Press'' and the ''Foothill Leader'' in Glendale, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Highland Park, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta-Montrose and

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. The ''Glendale News-Press Isabel Street building, which the paper had occupied since 1948, sustained extensive damage during the

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. The newspaper moved to the Sterling Bank building, at 425 West Broadway. In 1999, the newspaper again moved, to the former F. W. Woolworth Company building, at 111 West Wilson Avenue. In February 2002, the ''Foothill Leader'' ceased publication and the ''News-Press'' dropped "Glendale" from its masthead, with the ''News-Press'' officially adding La Cañada Flintridge to its coverage area. In November 2004, the ''News-Press'' returned "Glendale" to its masthead and reestablished the ''Foothill Leader''. In 2010, to better serve Glendale's large

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population, the ''Glendale News-Press'' added an

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feature to its website. A

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published in the October 4, 2019 issue, which juxtaposed an Artsakh Street sign with a character lamenting, "I miss the old

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Avenue," drew backlash from some readers who viewed it as

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toward Glendale's Armenian community.

Outlook Newspapers

In April 2020, in response to the economic effects of the

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, the ''Los Angeles Times'' announced the closure of the ''Glendale News-Press'', along with the '' Burbank Leader'' and ''La Cañada Valley Sun'', In response, Representative

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called the closures "a tremendous loss, and a threat to democracy." All three were soon purchased by Outlook Newspapers Group. With this sale, ''Glendale News-Press'' moved to Outlook Newspapers' La Cañada Flintridge office.

Employees

Unionization

In January 2018, the newspaper's staff, as part of the broader

staff, voted to

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and finalized their first union contract on October 16, 2019. The

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, the Los Angeles Times Guild, applied to the ''Glendale News-Press'' until its 2020 closure and sale to Outlook Newspapers Group.

Awards and recognition

''Glendale News-Press'' was nominated for '' Los Angeles Blades 2025 Best of LGBTQ LA Awards, in the "Best News Source Ally" category.

References

External links

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