{{Short description|Weekly newspaper published in Gilroy, California}} {{Use mdy dates|date = February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Gilroy Dispatch | logo = | image = | caption = | alt = | type = Weekly newspaper | format = Broadsheet | owners = Weeklys | founder = G.M Hanson<br/>C.F. Macy | publisher = Dan Pulcrano | editor = Erik Chalhoub | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | news_editor = | photo_editor = | seniorstaff = | staff_writers = | founded = September 12, 1868 (as the ''Gilroy Advocate'') | political_position = | language = English | relaunched = | headquarters = 7455 Monterey Rd <br />Gilroy, California 95020<br />United States | circulation = | sister_newspapers = ''Hollister Free Lance''<br/> ''Morgan Hill Times'' | ISSN = | oclc = | website = {{URL|gilroydispatch.com}} }}
The '''''Gilroy Dispatch''''' is a weekly newspaper published in Gilroy, California. It is owned by Weeklys.
==History== On Sept. 12, 1868, G.M Hanson and C.F. Macy published the first edition of the ''Gilroy Advocate.''<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 25, 1868 |title=More Help. |work=The Chico Weekly Courant |pages=2}}</ref> Frederick W. Blake purchased the paper in 1877<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=October 11, 1988 |title='Dispatch' traces roots back to 'Gilroy Advocate' of 1868 |work=Free Lance |location=Hollister, California |pages=15}}</ref> and published it until his death in 1907.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 10, 1907 |title=Well-Known Editor Dies |work=The Peninsula Times Tribune |location=Pall Alto, California |pages=6}}</ref> At that time, the ''Advocate'' was passed down to his son William F. Blake.<ref name=":0" />
On Sept. 12, 1925, John N. Hall and Thomas Losey published the first edition of the ''Gilroy Dispatch.''<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 18, 1925 |title=Gilroy Dispatch Makes Appearance September 12th |work=Red Bluff News |pages=2}}</ref> Losey sold his stake to Al Nedom in 1926.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 14, 1926 |title=A. Nedom Buys Interest in the Evening Dispatch |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |pages=11}}</ref> Lloyd E. Smith sold the ''Anderson News'' and bought out Nedom in 1928,<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 5, 1928 |title=Lloyd Smith Sells Anderson News To Redding Printer |work=The Corning Daily Observer |pages=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 6, 1928 |title=Lloyd Smith Resigns As Postermaster |work=Record Searchlight |location=Redding, California |pages=4}}</ref> and then John N. Hall two years later.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 21, 1930 |title=Former Woodland Man Sells Paper |work=Woodland Daily Democrat |pages=2}}</ref> Smith bought the ''Gilroy'' ''Advocate'' in 1933 from William F. Blake.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 27, 1933 |title=Lloyd Smith Buys Gilroy Advocate |work=Salinas Morning Post |pages=1}}</ref> Six years later Smith sold his papers in 1939 to Anderson Browne and James W. Marmaduke.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 21, 1939 |title=Gilroy Papers Are Purchased |work=The Register |location=Santa Ana, California |pages=15 |agency=United Press}}</ref> A few months later Smith bought the ''Los Gatos Times''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 21, 1939 |title=Los Gatos Times Is Purchased By Lloyd E. Smith |work=Los Gatos Times-Saratoga Observer |pages=1}}</ref>
In 1941, William G. Werner bought the ''Gilroy Dispatch,'' at that time a five-day daily paper, the weekly ''Gilroy Advocate'' and shopper ''Gilroy Advertiser''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 20, 1941 |title=Werner Buys Newspaper In Gilroy {{!}} Richmond Man to Take Over Properties |work=The Independent |location=Richmond, California |pages=1}}</ref> At some point the ''Advocate'' was absorbed into the ''Dispatch''. In 1949, William G. Werner sold the ''Dispatch'' to Joseph C. Houghteling, Patrick H. Peabody and George R. Kane.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 26, 1949 |title=Gilroy Dispatch Is Sold to 3 Newsmen |work=The Press Democrat |location=Santa Rosa, California |pages=2 |agency=United Press}}</ref> In 1972, Jerry Fuchs and Millard Hoyle bought the paper from the trio. Fuchs was the paper's business manager and Hoyle was owner of the ''Hollister Free Lance''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 3, 1972 |title=Gilroy Dispatch has new owners |work=Los Gatos Times-Saratoga Observer |pages=1}}</ref> In 1978, Fuchs and Hoyle sold the ''Dispatch'' to El Dorado Newspapers Publishing Co., a subsidiary owned by McClatchy Newspapers. At that time the paper had a circulation of 6,500.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 22, 1978 |title=Gilroy Dispatch Sale Announced |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |pages=10 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
In 1997, McClatchy sold the ''Gilroy Dispatch,'' along with the ''Hollister Free Lance'', ''Morgan Hill Times'' and ''Amador Ledger-Dispatch''<nowiki/>to Central Valley Publishing, which was managed by USMedia Group, Inc., of Crystal City, Missouri.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nax |first=Stanford |date=October 19, 1996 |title=McClatchy Newspapers sells 4 of its publications |work=The Fresno Bee |pages=47}}</ref> The company's name was changed a few years later to Pacific Sierra Publishing Company.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kieta |first=Joseph |date=March 29, 2002 |title=The Sun-Star boasts colorful history |work=Merced Sun-Star |pages=62}}</ref> In 2004, Mainstreet Media purchased ten publications from Pacific Sierra, including the ''Disptch''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2004 |title=Gilroy (CA) Dispatch Sold to Mainstreet Media Group |url=https://dirksvanessen.com/press_release/gilroy-ca-dispatch-sold-to-mainstreet-media-grou/ |access-date=2025-09-25 |website=Dirks, Van Essen & April |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2014, the ''Dispatch'' was purchased by New SV Media Inc., a subsidiary of Metro Newspapers of San Jose, California.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baumann |first=Greg |date=March 31, 2014 |title=Metro Newspapers buys weeklies in Santa Cruz, Gilroy, Morgan Hill and Hollister |url=http://www.pehub.com/2014/04/brookside-group-backed-mainstreet-media-sells-four-weeklies/ |access-date=April 21, 2014 |website=bizjournals.com |publisher=Silicon Valley Business Journal}}</ref> After decades in a building at the south end of Monterey Street, the ''Dispatch'' returned to downtown Gilroy in August 2016, moving its offices to 64 W 6th St.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hernandez-Cattani |first=Roseann |date=Aug 26, 2016 |title=Gilroy Dispatch Returns to Downtown |url=https://gilroydispatch.com/gilroy-dispatch-returns-to-downtown/ |accessdate=May 25, 2024 |website=Gilroy Dispatch |publisher=}}</ref>
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