| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | USA Today Co. |
| Founder | B.H. Evans |
| Publisher | Amy Lanier |
| Editor | Skye Kinkade |
| Founded | 1878 (asScott Valley News) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 309 South Broadway,Yreka,California 96097,United States |
| ISSN | 1094-9763 |
| OCLC number | 28683624 |
| Website | www |
TheSiskiyou Daily News is adaily newspaper servingYreka,California, United States.[1] It is owned byUSA Today Co. Former ownerGateHouse Media acquired the paper fromHollinger in 1997.[2]
In August 1878, B. H. Evans published the first issue of theScott Valley News inFort Jones, California.[3] At some point Frank Norcross became an owner and sold his stake to his partner Samuel P. Curtis in September 1879.[4] A year later Ed. S. Culver bought a half-interest.[5] Culver retired and was succeeded by Frank Markey on Jan. 1, 1883.[6] In May 1886, Curtis skipped town. He left forUkiah, taking all the business' available funds and leaving it $500 in debt. Markey struggled to run the paper on his own and decided to close it that August due to financial problems.[7]
About four months later, L.D. Clark, founder of theOroville Mercury, relaunched theNews.[8] Clark continued to operate the paper in Fort Jones and invented an automatic hand-pressfrisket to improve production. He got it patented it in December 1891. TheScientific American published an article on Clark's device a year later.[9] In May, 1894, Clark sold the paper to E. H. Ellsworth.[10] In June 1895, J. N. Bohen joined Ellsworth as a co-owner and the two moved theScott Valley News to Yreka and changed its name to theSiskiyou News.[11] In 1897, their partnership dissolved and Bohen exited.[12] In 1898, W. J. Balfrey bought theNews for $2,150.[13]
Ten days after selling the paper Ellsworth was stopped byConstable E. E. Dixon while attempting to board a train inMontague with his family toSan Francisco. At the time Ellsworth was being sued forlibel by local citizens and for unpaid wages from an employee.[14] He posted bail but another warrant for his arrest was issued stemming from another libel case.[15] Ellsworth refused to be detained and shot Dixon, who later died from his injuries.[14] Ellsworth was later found guilty ofsecond-degree murder and sentenced to 21 years imprisonment.[15]
In 1900, W. S. O'Brien paid Balfrey $2,850 for the business.[16] A year later W. D. Crow bought the paper from O'Brien.[17] Crow sold it in 1905 to brothers Frank E. and Horace Holbrook, former owners of theTimes-Index.[18][19] Horace sold out to his brother two years later.[20] In 1923, Frank Holbrook sold theNews to Herbert G. Moody, who had been editorThe Searchlight in Redding. At that time theNews had a 2,000 circulation and 17 paid correspondents.[21] The Redding paper was owned by Moody's father, which he sold to his son in 1925.[22] In 1929, H. G. Moody sold theNews to his father H.L. Moody.[23] A year later business was acquired by the Siskiyou Publishing Company for $18,000.[24]
On Oct. 2, 1941, theSiskiyou News, owned by Albert Wedin, and theYreka Journal, owned by Walter B. Stafford and William G. Bailey, were merged to form a daily called theSiskiyou Daily News.[25] In 1948, Wedin sold theDaily News to E. Glenn Drake,[26][27] who was succeeded as publisher in 1951 by Edgar J. Foss. At that time business operations were moved toTurlock.[28] In 1979, the chain Thomson Newspapers Inc. bought the paper from Foss.[29] The company owned more than 100 papers by 1993 when it sold theDaily News and four others toHollinger.[30]
In 1997, theDaily News was among the 167 papers acquired byLeonard Green & Partners from Hollinger for $310 million.[31] A year later the investment firm formedLiberty Group Publishing to manage its publications.[32] In June 2005,Fortress Investment Group bought Liberty for $527 million.[33] The company was then renamed toGateHouse Media.[34] In 2019, GateHouse merged withGannett.[35]
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