''The Record'' is a daily

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based in

Stockton, California Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. It is the most populous city in the county, the List of municipal ...

, serving San Joaquin and Calaveras Counties. It is owned by

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History

''The Record'' was first published by Irving Martin on April 7, 1895. Speidel Newspapers, Inc. bought the newspaper from the Martin family in 1969. The company merged with the

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in 1977 and sold ''The Record'' to the

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in 1994.

Ottaway Community Newspapers Local Media Group, Inc., formerly Dow Jones Local Media Group and Ottaway Newspapers Inc., owned newspapers, websites and niche publications in California, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania. It was headquarter ...

bought ''The Record'' for $144 million in 2003. The company's name was changed to Dow Jones Local Media Group, and was sold by

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in 2013 to

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for $87 million. The newspapers were managed by

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, which soon after the sale filed prepackaged

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to restructure its debt obligations in order to accommodate the acquisition. In October 2018, ''The Record'' closed its press facility. In 2019, GateHouse merged with Gannett. In March 2024, ''The Record'' announced it will switch from carrier to postal delivery.

References

External links

SJCrime.com209VibeeSanJoaquin.comA History of the Record - San Joaquin County Historical Society
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