The Reporter (Vacaville)

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The Reporter (Vacaville)
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
OwnerDigital First Media
FounderJames D. McClain
PublisherSteve Bressoud
EditorJack F.K. Bungart
Founded1883
Headquarters401 Davis Street, Suite F, Vacaville, California
Circulation2,721 Daily
3,824 Sunday (as of 2022)[1]
ISSN0746-4193
OCLC number10029579
Websitethereporter.com

The Vacaville Reporter is a newspaper in the city of Vacaville, California.[2] It also covers surrounding Solano County, California, including Fairfield and Dixon.

History

The first issue of The Reporter was published on March 10, 1883 by editor and proprietor James D. McClain.[3] A year later the paper was bought by attorney Raleigh Barcar.[4] On March 4, 1885, Barcar changed the paper's name to Judicion.[5][4] The word "Judicion" was invented by Barcar. He wrote it was a word of "merit" and intended it to be "a refinement of Gumption," which he thought inelegant.[6]

On Feb. 4, 1886, McClain started another rival paper in Vacaville called The Reporter.[7][4] A.B. Leach of Judicion sued McClain for $2,500 to stop him from using that name.[8] On Jan. 19, 1889, Henry I. Fisher and Albert Sears started the Vaca Valley Enterprise,[9][4] which Barcar bought in 1891 and consolidated with Judicion.[10] In 1892, Barcar bought McClain's paper and renamed Judicion back to The Reporter. In 1901, R.B. Stitt launched the Vacaville Leader and Barcar soon bought this paper as well.[4]

In April 1902, Clayton L. Adsit became a co-owner with Raleigh Barcar,[11] and two years later Edward "Andy" Cleveland bought out Barcar in October 1903.[12] Adsit worked as the paper's editor until his sudden death in March 1935.[13] That July, plant employee John Rico purchased the interests of the deceased Adsit.[14] Andrews retired in 1942 and sold out to Rico.[15]

The Rico family operated the paper until selling it to MediaNews Group in 2002. At that time the paper had a circulation of 17,820 on weekdays and 19,201 on Sundays.[16][17] In 2013, MediaNews Group merged and became Digital First Media which is controlled by Alden Global Capital.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Bay Area News Group Market Book" (PDF). Dropbox. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Reporter (Vacaville, Calif.) 1983-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
  3. ↑ "Salutatory". Vacaville Reporter. March 10, 1883. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "A Newspaper and Town Grow Together | A History of Vacaville Reporter". Vacaville Reporter. May 29, 1967. p. 44.
  5. ↑ "Notice". The St. Helena Star. March 12, 1885. p. 2.
  6. ↑ "Reporter Files: 91-Year History of Vacaville". Vacaville Reporter. May 2, 1974. p. 21.
  7. ↑ "Press Notes". The Sacramento Union. February 8, 1886. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Vacaville Newspapers". The Solano-Napa News Chronicle. Vallejo, California. May 21, 1886. p. 3.
  9. ↑ "Local Brevities". The San Francisco Examiner. January 13, 1889. p. 2.
  10. ↑ "Note And Comment". The Sacramento Union. April 5, 1891. p. 2.
  11. ↑ "Personal And Social". The St. Helena Star. April 25, 1902. p. 2.
  12. ↑ "Notice". Napa Journal. October 4, 1903. p. 2.
  13. ↑ "Clayton Adsit Is Summoned. Editor of Vacaville Reporter, Former St. Helena Boy, Dies Suddenly". The St. Helena Star. St. Helena, California. March 8, 1935. p. 1.
  14. ↑ "Vacaville Reporter Has New Partner". Winters Express. Winters, California. July 19, 1935. p. 1.
  15. ↑ "Death Claims E.C. Andrews; Veteran Newspaper Publisher". Vacaville Reporter. November 29, 1946. p. 1.
  16. ↑ "Vacaville newspaper sold to Denver media firm". San Francisco Business Times. 2002-08-16. Archived from the original on September 11, 2002. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  17. ↑ "MediaNews buys Vacaville Reporter". The Sacramento Bee. August 17, 2002. pp. D1.
  18. ↑ "So Long, MediaNews Group; Hello Digital First Media". Denver Newspaper Guild. 2013-12-31. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-12-27.