{{Short description|Morning newspaper in Red Bluff, California}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Red Bluff Daily News | type = [[Daily newspaper]] | image = Daily News (Red Bluff) front page.jpg | founded = 1885 | language = English | ceased_publication = | owners = [[Digital First Media]] | founder = Vincent Ryan<br /> J.W. Lewis | editor = Rick Silva | headquarters = [[Red Bluff, California]] | circulation = 7,500 | circulation_ref = <ref name="chamber">{{cite web|url=http://redbluff.chambermaster.com/list/member/red-bluff-daily-news-259|title=Red Bluff Daily News|work=Red Bluff Chamber of Commerce|access-date=21 December 2021}}</ref> | ISSN = | oclc = 27847225 | website = {{URL|redbluffdailynews.com}} }} The '''''Daily News''''' is a morning newspaper in [[Red Bluff, California]] and [[Tehama County]], California. It was founded in 1885 and is owned by [[Digital First Media]], formerly [[MediaNews Group]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Roberts |editor1-first= Gene |editor1-link=Gene Roberts (journalist) |editor2-last=Kunkel |editor2-first=Thomas |editor3-last= Layton |editor3-first=Charles |date=2001 |title=Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering |url=https://archive.org/details/leavingreadersbe00robe|url-access=registration |location=[[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]] |publisher=[[University of Arkansas Press]] |isbn= 1610752325}}</ref> ''The Daily News'' also publishes supplements to the publications: ''Tehama The Magazine'', ''Red Bluff Today'', ''Corning Today'', ''Tehama County Visitor's Guide'', and the annual ''Best of Tehama County'' readers choice awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-05 |title=Special Sections |url=https://www.redbluffdailynews.com/special-sections/ |access-date=2025-08-19 |website=Red Bluff Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> The newspaper has a paid circulation of approximately 7,500<ref name="chamber" /> and is published Tuesday through Saturday.
== History == In May 1885, the ''Red Bluff News'' was founded as the only Democrat paper in Tehama County. It was operated by Vincent Ryan and J.W. Lewis, with Ryan considered an experienced and prominent journalist in the region.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 19, 1885 |title=Coast Notes. |work=San Francisco Chronicle |location=San Francisco, California |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 3, 1885 |title=Notice |work=The Morning Times |location=Oakland, California |pages=2}}</ref> By that October, it had expanded to a semi-weekly.<ref>{{Cite news |date=Oct 17, 1885 |title=Local Lines |work=Free Press |location=Redding, California |pages=3}}</ref> In July 1887, Ryan sold the paper to Ed. F. Lennon.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 8, 1887 |title=Friday |work=Chico Weekly Enterprise |location=Chico, California |pages=3}}</ref> A year later Ryan resold the paper to Alexander Montgomery.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 6, 1888 |title=Press Notes. |work=The Sacramento Union |location=Sacramento, California |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 4, 1888 |title=Local Lines |work=Marysville Democrat |location=Marysville, California |pages=3}}</ref> He quit after a month, writing he was not the "right man for the place; not the kind of material to fill the bill."<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 9, 1888 |title=Notice |work=Oakland Tribune |location=Oakland, California |pages=4}}</ref>
John F. Linthicum bought the ''News'' in 1892. He previously edited the ''Marysville Express'' and at the time of the sale was Receiver of the Sacramento Land Office.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 20, 1892 |title=Items of Interest. {{!}} Newsy Paragraphs from Various Parts of the State. |work=Marysville Democrat |location=Marysville, California |pages=1}}</ref> L.M. Reppy became a co-owner in 1900,<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 6, 1900 |title=Notice |work=Daily Red Bluff News |location=Red Bluff, California |pages=2}}</ref> but left the business after a year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Linthicum |first=John F. |date=April 17, 1901 |title=A Business Change. |work=The Red Bluff News |location=Red Bluff, California |pages=4}}</ref> Linthicum operated the paper for 12 years until selling it in April 1904 to Reid F. Miller, former city editor of the ''Santa Rosa'' ''Republican''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=Apr 28, 1904 |title=Red Bluff Editor. |work=Santa Rosa Republican |location=Santa Rosa, California |pages=3}}</ref> About four months later, District Attorney M.G. Gill sued the paper for [[libel]], seeking $25,000 in damages.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 19, 1904 |title=Red Bluff News Sued For $25,000 |work=Record Searchlight |location=Redding, California |pages=4}}</ref> The lawsuit was later settled.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 19, 1904 |title=Compromise Reached in Libel Suit |work=The Sacramento Bee |pages=6 |publication-place=Sacramento, California}}</ref>
In 1905, Reid Miller installed a new Cranston cylinder press.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 14, 1905 |title=New Deal at Red Bluff |work=Red Bluff Tehama County Daily News |pages=1 |publication-place=Red Bluff, California}}</ref> In 1907, he sold the paper to the American Type Founders company, who immediately resold it to John G. Miller.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 1, 1907 |title=Red Bluff News Has Changes Hands |work=Marysville Democrat |location=Marysville, California |pages=6}}</ref> In 1931, the ''News'' purchased and absorbed the ''Red Bluff Times-Standard'' from W.A. Hornbeck.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 1, 1931 |title=Red Bluff Papers Are Consolidated {{!}} Combined Publications Will Occupy Evening Field |work=Visalia Times-Delta |location=Visalia, California |pages=1}}</ref> John G. Miller published the ''Daily News'' for 32 years until he sold it in 1939 due to failing health to Fred McKechnie, Jr., a former editor and publisher of the ''[[Marysville Appeal Democrat]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 10, 1939 |title=Red Bluff Daily News Sold To Fred W. McKechnie Jr. |work=Red Bluff Tehama County Daily News |location=Red Bluff, California |pages=1}}</ref> On March 1, 1950, Marion S. Walker bought the paper from Mrs. Clara McKechnie Parker, who published the paper for the past three years following her husband's death.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 28, 1950 |title=Red Bluff News Sold To Venturan |work=Colusa Sun-Herald |pages=1 |agency=United Press}}</ref>
Walker operated the paper for 14 years as editor and publisher until selling it on Jan. 7, 1964 to Richard Lafromboise of [[Ellensburg, Washington]]. The new owner named James J. McGiffin as editor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Westlund |first=Harold |date=January 7, 1964 |title=Red Bluff Daily News Is Sold |work=Red Bluff Tehama County Daily News |location=Red Bluff, California |pages=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 8, 1964 |title=Red Bluff News Sold by Walker |work=Camarillo Star |location=Ventura, California |pages=1 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In 1968, Lafromboise sold the paper to [[Donrey Media Group]], a chain owned by Donald W. Reynolds.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 2, 1968 |title=Red Bluff Paper Sold To Chain |work=The Register |location=Santa Ana, California |pages=13 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Lafromboise died about a week later.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 11, 1968 |title=Ex-Publisher From Red Bluff Dies in Seattle |work=Oroville Mercury Register |location=Oroville, California |pages=6 |agency=United Press International}}</ref> In 1999, Donrey merged 10 of its California newspapers, including the ''Daily News'', into Garden State Newspapers, which was owned by [[MediaNews Group]]. Donrey owned a third of the joint venture while MediaNews owned the majority stake.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 13, 1999 |title=MediaNews, Donrey merge newspapers |work=Record Searchlight |location=Redding, California |pages=18 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
== Building == The [[Old Bank of America Building (Red Bluff, California)|Old Bank of America Building]] (1925) at 710 Main St. in Red Bluff became the home of the ''Daily News'' in 1969. The building was designed by architect [[William H. Weeks]] and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=80000873}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: "Old Bank of America" building / presently "The Daily News" |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |author=John F. Burger |date=April 25, 1979 |access-date=October 18, 2016 }} with {{NRHP url|id=80000873|photos=y|title=two photos from 1979 and five historic photos}}</ref> In 2016, the ''Red Bluff Daily News'' main office is located at 728 Main St.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/contact-us |title=Contact Us |publisher=[[Red Bluff Daily News]] |access-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> In 2021, the ''News'' left that address and has gone virtual, with no brick and mortar office.
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==External links== *[http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/ ''Red Bluff Daily News'' website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070711053213/http://www.medianewsgroup.com/home/ MediaNews Group website]
{{MediaNews Group}} {{Tehama County, California}}
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