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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Digital First Media[1][2] |
| Founder(s) | W.A. Selkirk N.J. Levinson |
| Publisher | Ron Hasse |
| Editor | Frank Pine |
| Senior Editor | Jessica Keating |
| Founded | 1894; 131 years ago (1894) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 290 N. D St. Suite 102 San Bernardino, California, 92401 |
| Circulation | 52,273 Daily 57,150 Sunday (as of 2010)[3] |
| Sister newspapers | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,Redlands Daily Facts |
| Website | sbsun |
The San Bernardino Sun is a paid daily newspaper inSan Bernardino County, California, headquartered in the city ofSan Bernardino. Founded in 1894, it has significant circulation in neighboringRiverside County, and serves most of theInland Empire inSouthern California, with a circulation area spanning from the border of Los Angeles and Orange counties to the west, east to Yucaipa, north to theSan Bernardino Mountain range and south to the Riverside County line. It is part of theSouthern California News Group family of local newspapers serving specific areas ofSouthern California. TheSun is owned by Digital First Media which is controlled byAlden Global Capital.[1][2]
At various times, the newspaper was known asThe Sun,The Sun-Telegram,The San Bernardino County Sun, andThe San Bernardino Daily Sun.[4] On September 1, 1894, the first issue ofThe Daily Sun was published inSan Bernardino, California. W.A. Selkirk was the editor and N.J. Levinson was business manager.[5] Soon Robert C. Harbison was hired as a reporter.[6] In March 1896, Selkirk retired from the paper.[7] A group of business men bought theSun and installed Edward N. Buck as editor and manager.[8]
Under Buck, theSun was affiliated with theSilver Republican Party. The other owners quickly grew dissatisfied with Buck and foreclosed on the mortgage. The paper was then sold to Harbison, who became editor, and R.E. Norton, who became business manager. In response, Buck had two men armed withWinchester rifles barricade themselves inside the paper's office while he sought to legally stop the sale. During the night, a group of men rushed the office, broke down the door and threw the guards out into the street. Harbison and Norton then took charge of theSun.[9][10][11]
In 1937, Harbison died.[12] He was succeeded as editor and company president by James A. Guthrie.[13] In 1949, the paper dedicated a new $500,000 headquarters.[14] In 1964, Guthrie and the Harbison family sold the paper toTimes Mirror, owner of theLos Angeles Times,[15] but the company was court ordered to sell it in 1968 toGannett due to antitrust concerns.[16] In 1999, theSun came under the management ofMediaNews Group. At that time the paper had a daily circulation of 80,000.[17][18]
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