| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Digital First Media |
| Founder | James D. McClain |
| Publisher | Steve Bressoud |
| Editor | Jack F.K. Bungart |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Headquarters | 401 Davis Street, Suite F,Vacaville, California |
| Circulation | 2,721 Daily 3,824 Sunday (as of 2022)[1] |
| ISSN | 0746-4193 |
| OCLC number | 10029579 |
| Website | thereporter.com |
TheVacaville Reporter is a newspaper in the city ofVacaville, California.[2] It also covers surroundingSolano County, California, includingFairfield andDixon.
The first issue ofThe 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 toJudicion.[5][4] The word "Judicion" was invented by Barcar. He wrote it was a word of "merit" and intended it to be "a refinement ofGumption," which he thought inelegant.[6]
On Feb. 4, 1886, McClain started another rival paper in Vacaville calledThe Reporter.[7][4] A.B. Leach ofJudicion sued McClain for $2,500 to stop him from using that name.[8] On Jan. 19, 1889, Henry I. Fisher and Albert Sears started theVaca Valley Enterprise,[9][4] which Barcar bought in 1891 and consolidated withJudicion.[10] In 1892, Barcar bought McClain's paper and renamedJudicion back toThe Reporter. In 1901, R.B. Stitt launched theVacaville 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 toMediaNews 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 becameDigital First Media which is controlled byAlden Global Capital.[18]