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| Type | Freeweekly newspaper published Fridays |
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| Format | Compact |
| Owner | BH Courier Acquisition LLC |
| Publisher | John Bendheim & Lisa Bloch |
| Founded | July 22, 1965 (1965-07-22) |
| Headquarters | 499 North Canon Drive Suite 400 Beverly Hills,California 90210 |
| Country | United States |
| ISSN | 0892-645X |
| Website | www |
The Beverly Hills Courier is a free weeklytabloid-sized printnewspaper of circulation inBeverly Hills and the surrounding communities, and a daily web newspaper.
The publication was founded by March Schwartz in 1965.[1] His staff included managing editor Arthur M. Goldberg from 1966 to 2003. Both individuals were products of the long-defunct evening companion newspaper to theLos Angeles Times, theLos Angeles Mirror, where Schwartz was the classified sales manager and Goldberg was the editor. In 2004, theCourier's then-editor, Norma Zager, was awarded Journalist of the Year by the Los Angeles Press Club for her series on a lawsuit brought byErin Brockovich.[2]
In 2004, after suffering a debilitating stroke, Schwartz reluctantly sold TheCourier to The San Marino Tribune Company, Inc. whose owner, attorney Clifton S. Smith, Jr., assumed the role of publisher of theCourier.[3][4] Smith staffed the newspaper with formerThe Hollywood Reporter columnist George Christy[5] whoseCourier column has appeared onfoxnews.com.[6] Guest columnists includedJoan Rivers. The late RabbiJacob Pressman also published a weekly column.[7]Courier articles have been cited by theLos Angeles Times.[8]
TheCourier subscribes toAgence France-Presse andCity News Service. Its website features updates throughout the day, seven days a week. The entire print edition is also available from the website. The paper is delivered free to residences each Friday. As of 2013, it self-reports a circulation of 40,000.[9]
Smith sold theCourier to entrepreneurPaula Kent Meehan, co-founder of theRedken hair-care company, in April 2014[10] – just two months before Meehan's death.[11] Associate publisher Marcia Wilson Hobbs replaced Smith as the publisher. BH Courier Acquisition, LLC acquired the "Courier" from the estate of Paula Kent Meehan in September, 2019.
TheCourier has been described as "conservative" byLA Weekly blogger Dennis Romero[12] in a city which is "heavily liberal and Democratic".[13]Josh E. Gross, publisher of the competingBeverly Hills Weekly, described Clifton S. Smith Jr., theCourier's then owner/publisher, as "right-wing" and "bombastic".[14] A 2013Los Angeles Times article about theCourier noted that "Smith delivers his opinions on civic matters in the heavily Democratic city through tart editorials that lean libertarian."[9]
TheLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has criticized theCourier for publishing errors and misleading statements with regards to theD Line Extension.[15][16] Damien Newton ofLA streetsblog has accused theCourier of publishinglibel with its coverage of seismology experts who weighed in on the geotechnical issues facing the subway extension.[17]
Two-time Beverly Hills mayorBarry Brucker accused theCourier of beingbiased in its coverage of the local city government and various development projects.[18] Then-Beverly Hills City Manager, Jeff Kolin, accused theCourier of printing false allegations with regard to an article alleging city staff had falsified documents concerning city water rates,[19] and has rebuked the paper for being misleading by confounding the city's 2012 budgetary surplus with unfunded pension liabilities.[20]
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