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The Record
	The July 27, 2005 front page; of The Record.
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Gannett
Founder(s)	Irving Martin
Editor	Don Blount
Founded	1895
Language	English
Headquarters	530 E. Market Street; Stockton, CA 95202; United States
Circulation	14,500 Daily; 23,200 Sunday
Website	recordnet.com

The Record is a daily newspaper based in Stockton, California, serving San Joaquin and Calaveras Counties. It is owned by Gannett.

History

The Record was first published by Irving Martin on April 7, 1895.^[1] Speidel Newspapers, Inc. bought the newspaper from the Martin family in 1969.^[2] The company merged with the Gannett Company in 1977^[3]^[4] and sold The Record to the Omaha World-Herald Company in 1994.^[5] Ottaway Community Newspapers bought The Record for $144 million in 2003.^[6]

The company's name was changed to Dow Jones Local Media Group, and was sold by News Corp in 2013 to Fortress Investment Group for $87 million. The newspapers were managed by GateHouse Media,^[7] which soon after the sale filed prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure its debt obligations in order to accommodate the acquisition.^[8]

In October 2018, The Record closed its press facility.^[9] In 2019, GateHouse merged with Gannett.^[10] In March 2024, The Record announced it will switch from carrier to postal delivery.^[11]

References

^ "Press To Honor Irving Martin". Stockton Evening and Sunday Record. June 18, 1948. p. 17.
^ "Speidel Official Pledges Record's Independence". Stockton Evening and Sunday Record. March 27, 1969. p. 17.
^ "Merger of newspaper chains, Gannet, Speidel approved". The San Bernardino County Sun. December 21, 1976. p. 19.
^ "Speidel-Gannett merger wins approval". The Salinas Californian. May 11, 1977. p. 18.
^ Millegan, Lisa (November 29, 1994). "Nebraska-based chain buys Stockton Record". Oakland Tribune. p. 27.
^ Kemsley, Jyllian (April 17, 2003). "Ottaway buys Stockton newspaper". Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. 34.
^ Foley, Peter (September 4, 2013). "News Corp. sells 33 papers to New York investors". New York Business Journal. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
^ Pearson, Sophia; Kary, Tiffany (September 27, 2013). "GateHouse Files for Bankruptcy as Part of Fortress Plan". Bloomberg.
^ "Stockton Record Closing Press Facility, 40 Jobs Lost In GateHouse Media Slashing". KOVR. 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
^ "New Media and Gannett Complete Merger, Creating Leading U.S. Print and Digital News Organization" (Press release). Business Wire. November 19, 2019.
^ Romero, Sheyanne (March 8, 2024). "Delivery changes coming to The Stockton Record: What to know". The Stockton Record. Retrieved 2024-03-16.