{{short description|Monthly newspaper published in California}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = CaribPress Newsmagazine | image = | caption = | type = Newspaper | format = Tabloid | founded = 1999, as ''California CaribPress'' | owners = | publisher = Lyndon A. Johnson | editor = Robert Wheaton | price = US$2.00 monthly | headquarters = Los Angeles, California | circulation = | website ={{URL|caribpress.com}} | }}
'''''CaribPress''''' is a monthly newspaper published in California, covering primarily Southern California and the West. As the name suggests, CaribPress has a Caribbean focus. A large part of the paper's editorial content relates to entertainment and sports. It also features regular columns on business, immigration and family law. It is also distributed in various locations throughout the United States, such as New York City and Miami.<ref name='CCN-CP'>{{cite web|url=http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/person/2729|title=CaribPress: Newsmagazine serving the Caribbean community in Southern California for the past 10 years.|work=Creative Caribbean Network|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113182340/http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/person/2729|archivedate=2011-11-13|url-status=dead|accessdate=2011-10-06|quote=The first issue premiered with a cover story on reggae artist Maxi Priest. Since that time, CaribPress continues to highlight the accomplishments of music artists and entertainers, but has also profiled notable figures such as television executive Paula Madison, Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard Parks and former Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson.}}</ref>
Founded as ''California CaribPress'' in 1999, the paper was originally published bi-monthly until 2005, when the paper became a monthly. The paper was renamed ''CaribPress'' after the first issue.
Reggae singer Maxi Priest graced the publication's first cover. Since that time ''CaribPress'' has profiled notable figures from a variety of professions including former Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson, television executive Paula Madison, Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard Parks and businessman Butch Stewart.<ref name='CCN-CP'/>
== Awards and recognition ==
* 2011: Interethnic Relations Award for "Iraqi Immigrant's Formula for Success in South L.A." by Sheannette Virtue<ref name='Sentinel-IRA'>{{cite web |url=http://www.lasentinel.net/Winners-of-the-2011-Interethnic-Relations-Awards.html |title=Winners of the 2011 Interethnic Relations Awards |author=Sentinel News Service |date=2011-07-21 |work=Los Angeles Sentinel |location=Los Angeles, California|accessdate=2011-10-06}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.caribpress.com/ ''CaribPress'' Website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100518215437/http://www.labeez.org/ ''LA Beez'' Website]
{{DEFAULTSORT:CaribPress}} Category:Caribbean-American culture Category:Newspapers published in Los Angeles Category:Newspapers established in 1999 Category:1999 establishments in California Category:Monthly newspapers
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