{{short description|Newspaper published in Las Vegas, Nevada}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use American English|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox newspaper | logo = Las Vegas Review-Journal (2020-01-12).svg | image = Las Vegas Review-Journal June 19 2006.png | caption = June 19, 2006 front page of <br />''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founded = {{Start date and age|1909|9|18}}<br />(as the ''Clark County Review'') | language = English | owners = News + Media Capital Group LLC<ref>DeHaven, James [https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/pressure-to-go-public-grows-for-new-review-journal-owners/ Pressure to go public grows for new Review-Journal owners]{{subscription required}} ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''. December 20, 2015</ref><ref>Doctor, Ken [http://newsonomics.com/the-new-breed-of-newspaper-mogul-on-sheldon-adelsons-purchase-of-the-las-vegas-review-journal/ The New Breed of Newspaper Mogul? On Sheldon Adelson's Purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal] ''Newsnomics''. December 20, 2015</ref> | circulation = 27,000 Average print circulation<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brooker |first1=Alice |title=US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/us-newspaper-circulations-2025-washington-post-print-declines-21-in-a-year/ |access-date=24 March 2026 |publisher=Press Gazette |date=March 24, 2026}}</ref> <br /> 23,253 Digital Subscribers <ref>{{cite news |last1=Barrett |first1=William |title=Las Vegas Review-Journal lauds journalism awards but deep-sixes word of circulation drop |url=https://newtolasvegas.com/2025/10/06/las-vegas-review-journal-lauds-journalism-awards-but-deep-sixes-word-of-circulation-drop/ |access-date=7 December 2025 |publisher=New to Las Vegas |date=October 6, 2025}}</ref> | headquarters = 1111 West Bonanza Road<br />Las Vegas, Nevada<br />89106 | founder = Charles C. Corkhill | publisher = J. Keith Moyer | editor = Glenn Cook | ISSN = 1097-1645 | website = {{official URL}} }} The '''''Las Vegas Review-Journal''''' is a daily subscription newspaper published in Las Vegas, Nevada, since 1909. It is the largest circulating daily newspaper in Nevada and one of two daily newspapers in the Las Vegas area. The ''Review-Journal'' has been owned by Sheldon Adelson's News + Media Capital Group LLC since 2015. The paper had a joint operating agreement with The Greenspun Corporation-owned ''Las Vegas Sun'', which was intended to run through 2040 but was cancelled by the ''Review-Journal'' in 2026.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Jessica |title=Why one Las Vegas newspaper just stopped printing its rival |url=https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-review-journal-sun-newspapers-print-fd9a1fdd2574575af7cdb4f8227b9a9c |website=The Associated Press |access-date=April 3, 2026 |language=en |date=April 3, 2026}}</ref>
==History== The ''Clark County Review'' was first printed in September 1909. It was founded by Charles C. Corkhill, the first sheriff of Clark County.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 25, 1909 |title=Clark County Review |work=The Eureka Sentinel |location=Eureka, Nevada |pages=2}}</ref> In August 1914, Corkhill was appointed postmaster.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 5, 1914 |title=New Man in Charge |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |pages=4}}</ref> In March 1922, Corkhill sold the ''Review'' to T.S. Trebell, who had edited the paper for the last seven months. At that time the paper was renamed to the ''Las Vegas Review.''<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 6, 1922 |title=Review Changes Name And Owner |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |pages=4}}</ref> Several months later Trebell severed his connections to the paper and fled to California where he was arrested by the FBI for his involvement with the IWW.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 17, 1922 |title=Former Editor Las Vegas Review Is An I.W.W. |work=The Record-Courier |location=Gardnerville, Nevada |pages=5}}</ref> W.F. Rector then took charge.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=October 13, 1922 |title=Lightfoot Is Editor of Las Vegas Newspaper |work=The San Bernardino County Sun |pages=3}}</ref>
In October 1922, John H. Lightfoot bought an interest and became editor.<ref name=":1" /> He retired in March 1923.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 22, 1923 |title=Retires From Las Vegas Review |work=The Silver State |location=Winnemucca, Nevada |pages=5}}</ref> A month later Corkhill resumed management.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 24, 1923 |title=Charlie Corkill Takes Back The Clark County Review |work=Nevada State Journal |location=Reno, Nevada |pages=4}}</ref> He soon died and his widow May M. Corkhill published the ''Review''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 16, 1970 |title=Obituary {{!}} May M. Corkhill |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |pages=22}}</ref> In May 1926, Mrs. Corkhill sold the paper to Frank F. Garside, owner of the ''Tonopah Daily Times'' and ''Gilbert Record''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 2, 1926 |title=Garside Buys Out Las Vegas Review |work=Nevada State Journal |location=Reno, Nevada |pages=2}}</ref> Al Cahlan joined him as partner and worked as managing editor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 28, 1968 |title=Obituary {{!}} Al Cahlan |work=Nevada State Journal |location=Reno, Nevada |pages=26 |agency=United Press International}}</ref> A year later Cahlan injured his hand in a printing press.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 19, 1927 |title=Las Vegas Editor Injuries His Hand |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |pages=10}}</ref>
In March 1929, James G. Scrugham, former Nevada governor and former publisher of the ''Nevada State Journal'' of Reno, established the ''Las Vegas Journal''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 2, 1929 |title=The Las Vegas Journal |work=Nevada State Journal |location=Reno, Nevada |pages=4}}</ref> That July, the ''Review'' bought the ''Journal'' and shortly thereafter began co-publication as the ''Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 14, 1932 |title=Consolidating Nevada Newspapers |work=Elko Daily Free Press |location=Elko, Nevada |pages=2}}</ref><ref name="The Las Vegas Newspaper War of the 1950's">{{cite journal |first=Michael S. |last=Green |url=http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/210777-1988-3Fall.pdf|title=The Las Vegas Newspaper War of the 1950s |journal=Nevada Historical Society Quarterly |issn=0047-9462 |pages=155–157 |date=Fall 1988}}</ref> In the early 1940s, Cahlan and Garside's company, Southwestern Publishing, bought the ''Las Vegas Age'', from Charles P. "Pop" Squires, which began publication in 1905 and was the oldest surviving paper in Las Vegas.<ref name="The Las Vegas Newspaper War of the 1950's" />
In April 1949, Donald W. Reynolds bought the paper for $500,000 from publisher Garside and managing editor Cahlan. Garside left the company while Cahlan remained.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 2, 1949 |title=Review Journal In Las Vegas Reported Sold {{!}} $500,000 Price Paid by Reynolds To Garside, Cahlan |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |pages=9}}</ref> The word "evening" was dropped from the name.<ref name="The Las Vegas Newspaper War of the 1950's" /> In December 1960, Reynolds exercised a buyout option with Cahlan, and bought his remaining stock.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hopkins|first1=A.D.|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |title=A.E. Cahlan|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/a-e-cahlan/|access-date=18 October 2017|date=7 February 1999|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He then resigned.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 11, 1960 |title=Newspaperman Quits |work=The San Francisco Examiner |pages=42 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In 1971, a new headquarters was built.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0FD393A6550A8446?p=NRNB|title=New presses are the worlds's largest|last=Scheid|first=Jenny|date=7 September 2000|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=March 30, 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In June 1990, the ''Review-Journal'' entered into a Joint Operating Agreement with the financially struggling ''Las Vegas Sun'', thus combining business and production operations to save money while maintaining separate newsrooms.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 9, 1989 |title=Las Vegas newspapers file joint operating agreement |work=The Daily Spectrum |location=St. George, Utah |pages=17 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wloszczyna |first=Chris |date=June 4, 1990 |title=JOA Approved |work=USA Today |location=McLean, Virginia |pages=13}}</ref> In April 1993, Reynolds died.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 4, 1993 |title=Donrey owner Don W. Reynolds dies |work=Okmulgee Daily Times |location=Okmulgee, Oklahoma |pages=1}}</ref> His company, Donrey Media Group, was then purchased longtime friend Jack Stephens, chairman of Stephens Group Inc.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 29, 1993 |title=Stephens Group Acquires Donrey Media Group |work=Alamogordo Daily News |location=Alamogordo, New Mexico |pages=1}}</ref>
In 2000, a new $40 million printing press was installed at the paper's headquarters as part of a four-year, 152,000-square-foot expansion project. The two printing presses weigh 910 tons and consist of 16 towers. They were the largest presses in the world when they were installed.<ref name=":2" /> In 2005, the JOA was amended and from then on the ''Sun'' ceased afternoon publication and began distribution as a section of the ''Review-Journal''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldman |first=Adam |date=June 17, 2005 |title=Experts don't see U.S. regulators thwarting Vegas newspaper deal |work=The Daily Spectrum |location=St. George, Utah |pages=21 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In March 2015, the Stephens Media newspapers were sold to New Media Investment Group.<ref name="lvrj150318">{{cite news |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |title=Sale of Review-Journal to New Media closes |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/sale-of-review-journal-to-new-media-closes/|date=March 18, 2015 |access-date=October 11, 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="lvrj150219">{{cite news |first=Howard |last=Stutz |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |title=Review-Journal, parent Stephens Media to be sold to New Media |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/review-journal-parent-stephens-media-to-be-sold-to-new-media/|date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=March 8, 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In December 2015, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson purchased the newspaper for $140 million via News + Media Capital Group LLC.<ref>{{cite news | last = Primack| first = Dan| title =Yes, Sheldon Adelson Bought The Las Vegas Review-Journal| newspaper =Fortune | date =December 16, 2015 | url =http://fortune.com/2015/12/16/sheldon-adelson-bought-the-las-vegas-review-tribune/| access-date =December 16, 2015}}</ref> GateHouse Media, a subsidiary of New Media Investment Group, was retained to manage the newspaper. $140 million was considered a steep price amounting to a 69% gain for New Media Investment Group after owning the newspaper for nine months.<ref>{{cite news | last = Parker| first = Paul Edward| title =Providence Journal owner, GateHouse Media, selling Las Vegas paper| newspaper =The Providence Journal | location = Providence, RI| date =December 11, 2015 | url =http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20151211/NEWS/151219771?template=printart| access-date =December 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Media Completes the Sale of the Las Vegas Review-Journal....|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151211005068/en/New-Media-Completes-Sale-Las-Vegas-Review-Journal|website=BusinessWire|date=11 December 2015 |access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref>thumb|The 910 ton printing presses at the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' were the largest in the world when installed in 2000 ===Sheldon Adelson estate ownership=== When the paper was sold in 2015, it was initially unclear who the buyer was. The purchaser was a limited liability company, News + Media Capital Group LLC, and the only name listed on the documents was Michael Schroeder, a publisher of four small regional newspapers in Connecticut.<ref name = "Primack1"/> At a December 10 staff meeting informing the ''Review-Journal'' staff that the paper had been sold, Schroeder was introduced as the manager. He refused to say who the owners of News + Media were, saying that employees should "focus on [their] jobs...and don't worry about who [the owners] are."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/controversial-manager-of-review-journal-parent-company-removed-from-job/|title=Controversial 'manager' of Review-Journal parent company removed from job|last=Robison|first=Jennifer|date=January 4, 2016|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=11 October 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Jason Taylor, the ''Review-Journal's'' publisher, said only that the ownership included "multiple owner/investors, that some are from Las Vegas, and that in face-to-face meetings he has been assured that the group will not meddle in the newspaper’s editorial content.”<ref name="Primack1">{{cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2015/12/15/the-las-vegas-review-journals-new-owner-hard-to-identify-sheldon-adelson/|title=Why The Las Vegas Review-Journal's New Owner Remains a Mystery|last=Primack|first=Dan|date=December 15, 2015|work=Fortune|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> There were widespread rumors that the primary buyer was Sheldon Adelson, and a week later three ''Review-Journal'' reporters confirmed that the purchase had been orchestrated by Adelson's son-in-law Patrick Dumont on Adelson's behalf.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/adelson-son-in-law-orchestrated-familys-purchase-of-las-vegas-review-journal/|title=Adelson son-in-law orchestrated family's purchase of Las Vegas Review-Journal|last1=DeHaven|first1=James|last2=Stutz|first2=Howard|last3=Robison|first3=Jennifer|date=December 17, 2015|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=January 21, 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref> A month before the new owner was revealed, three reporters at the newspaper received an assignment from corporate management: Spend two weeks monitoring the activity of three Clark County judges. One of the judges was District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez, who was hearing a long-running wrongful termination lawsuit filed against Adelson and his company,<ref>{{cite news | last = DeHaven| first = James| title =Judge in Adelson lawsuit subject to unusual scrutiny amid Review-Journal sale| newspaper =Las Vegas Review-Journal | date =October 11, 2017 | url = https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/judge-in-adelson-lawsuit-subject-to-unusual-scrutiny-amid-review-journal-sale/| access-date =December 19, 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> a lawsuit alleging that Adelson's Macao casino, Sands Macao, was connected to the Chinese Triads.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/02/sheldon-adelson-macau-casinos-lawsuit/|title=Megadonor Sheldon Adelson and the inside story of Chinese casino money flooding our elections|last=Isaacs|first=Matt|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-02}}</ref>
In January, a set of editorial principles were drawn up and publicized to ensure the newspaper's independence and to deal with possible conflicts of interest involving Adelson's ownership. In February, Craig Moon, a veteran of the Gannett organization, was announced as the new publisher and promptly withdrew those principles from publication. He also began to personally review, edit, and sometimes kill stories about an Adelson-promoted proposal for the future Las Vegas Raiders football stadium.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/02/sheldon-adelson-tightens-grip-on-review-journal-004384/|title=Sheldon Adelson tightens grip on Review-Journal|last=Doctor|first=Ken|date=February 4, 2016|work=Politico|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> In the months since, reporters say that stories about Adelson, and particularly about an ongoing lawsuit involving his business dealings in Macau, have been heavily edited by top management.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/business/media/in-adelsons-newsroom-looser-purse-strings-and-a-tighter-leash.html|title=In Sheldon Adelson's Newsroom, Looser Purse Strings and a Tighter Leash|last=Ember|first=Sydney|date=May 22, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=11 October 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
The new ownership triggered numerous departures. On December 23, the paper's editor Mike Hengel stepped down in a "voluntary buyout".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/23/460806804/newspaper-editor-steps-down-after-publications-billionaire-buyer-unmasked|title=Newspaper Editor Steps Down After Publication's Billionaire Buyer Unmasked|last=Domonoske|first=Camila|date=December 23, 2015|work=NPR|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> Many reporters and editors left the newspaper citing "curtailed editorial freedom, murky business dealings and unethical managers."<ref name = "leaving"/> Longtime columnist John L. Smith resigned after he was told he could no longer write anything about Adelson, a frequent focus of his reporting up until then.<ref name = "leaving" /> Within six months, all three of the reporters who broke the story of Adelson's ownership had left the paper.<ref name = "leaving">{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/09/477423367/more-journalists-leaving-las-vegas-review-journal-after-sale-to-billionaire|title=More Journalists Leaving 'Las Vegas Review-Journal' After Sale To Billionaire|last=Wagner|first=Laura|date=May 9, 2016|work=NPR|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref>
==Website and video== ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' launched its website as LVRJ.com on Jan. 15, 1997. By the end of the year, it was recognized as one of the top online papers in the U.S. by the Internet Job Source. The ''Review-Journal'' also operated LasVegas.com as a general information site.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0FD38F8D26DD7904?p=NRNB|title=R-J named among best Web sites|last=Smith|first=Hubble|date=5 December 1997|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=30 March 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref> LVRJ.com was redesigned in 2000 and the site was rebranded as Reviewjournal.com two years later. In 2012, the ''RJ'' launched its first apps for iPhone, Android, and iPad. A major online redesign launched in April 2017 with an emphasis on video. The ''RJ'' built a studio on its downtown campus to produce high-end live and on-demand videos for news, politics and sports.
Programs include: * ''Reporter Roundtable'' – Interviews and panel discussions with reporters covering major stories * ''Vegas Nation'' – Coverage of Raiders football * ''Golden Edge'' – Coverage of the Las Vegas Golden Knights hockey team * ''Covering the Cage'' – UFC and MMA coverage * ''Nevada Politics Today'' * ''Sports Betting Spotlight'' * ''Racial inequality in headlines''
In addition to delivering its shows on the ''Review-Journal'' website, the ''Review-Journal'' launched a Roku app in early 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/review-journal-videos-and-shows-available-on-new-roku-app/|title=Review-Journal videos and shows available on new Roku app|date=2018-02-13|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en-US|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Accolades== In 2018 and 2022, ''Editor and Publisher'' magazine named the ''Review-Journal'' as one of 10 newspapers in the United States on the magazine's annual list of "10 Newspapers That Do It Right".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/feature/10-newspapers-that-do-it-right-2018-recognizing-success-in-pioneering-newsrooms-advertising-growth-and-community-engagement/|title=10 Newspapers That Do It Right 2018: Recognizing Success in Pioneering Newsrooms, Advertising Growth and Community Engagement|date=March 1, 2018|last1=Yang|first1=Nu|last2=Ruiz|first2=Jesus |work=Editor & Publisher|access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/10-news-publishers-that-do-it-right,219623|title=10 news publishers that do it right|date=March 1, 2022|last= Blinder |first=Robin |work=Editor & Publisher|access-date=September 4, 2022}}</ref>
The newspaper has won the "General Excellence" award from the Nevada Press Association several times and has also won the "Freedom of the Press" award for its First Amendment battles from the statewide organization.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/review-journal-staff-takes-top-award-for-third-year/ |title=Review-Journal staff takes top award for third year |date=October 16, 2011 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Controversy== In 1998, the newspaper killed a story about casino mogul Steve Wynn's sexual harassment of employees. The newspaper reported about the axed story in 2018, after ''The Wall Street Journal'' published a story in which dozens of people alleged that they had been victims of sexual misconduct by Wynn.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas-review-journal-killed-story-in-1998-about-steve-wynn-sex-misconduct-claims/|title=Las Vegas Review-Journal killed story in 1998 about Steve Wynn sex misconduct claims|date=2018-02-05|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=2018-02-06|language=en-US|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
===Copyright infringement litigation=== thumb|''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' sign In 2010, the ''Review-Journal''{{'}}s then-owner Stephens Media launched a copyright enforcement company called Righthaven LLC, which began a series of legal suits claiming copyright infringements.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/copyright-trolling-for-dollars | magazine=Wired | first=David | last=Kravets | title=Newspaper Chain's New Business Plan: Copyright Suits | date=July 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/uncategorized/copyright-theft-were-not-taking-it-anymore/|title=Copyright theft: We're not taking it anymore|website=Reviewjournal.com|date=28 May 2010 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The company's practice was to search the internet for uses of ''Review-Journal'' material, purchase the copyright for that material from the newspaper and then file suit for copyright infringement. According to ''The Wall Street Journal'', "Defendants typically get no warning, no take-down request, just a suit."<ref>{{cite news|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/09/03/vegas-baby-ruling-a-possible-boon-to-copyright-troll-suits/|date=September 3, 2010|title=Vegas, Baby! Ruling a Possible Boon to 'Copyright-Troll' Suits|first=Ashby|last=Jones|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Between March and August 2010, Righthaven LLC filed copyright infringement suits against 107 blogs, political forums, website operators, and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.righthavenlawsuits.com/lawsuits.html |title=Comprehensive List of Copyright Infringement Lawsuits Filed by Righthaven, LLC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905013016/http://www.righthavenlawsuits.com/lawsuits.html |archive-date=September 5, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2010/08/04/what-happens-in-the-las-vegas-review-journal|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712125435/http://mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2010/08/04/what-happens-in-the-las-vegas-review-journal|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2012-07-12|title=Copyright sleuthing (or, what happens in The Las Vegas Review-Journal...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202466627090 |title=Is This the Birth of the Copyright Troll? |date=27 April 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130427013434/http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202466627090 |archive-date=27 April 2013 }}</ref>
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, together with other ''pro bono'' attorneys, filed an Answer and Counterclaim on behalf of Democratic Underground, a political website that Righthaven sued after a Democratic Underground member posted a five-sentence excerpt from a ''Review-Journal'' article; the counterclaim, filed against Stephens Media and Righthaven asserted that alleged a "sham relationship" between the newspaper and Righthaven, and accused Righthaven of copyright fraud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/08/eff-seeks-righthaven-defendants|title=EFF Seeks to Help Righthaven Defendants|date=25 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="counterclaim">{{Cite news|last=Green|first=Steve|title=R-J owner faces counterclaim in copyright lawsuit campaign|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|location=Henderson, Nevada|date=September 28, 2010|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/28/r-j-owner-faces-counterclaim-copyright-lawsuit-cam|access-date=2010-10-08|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>Copy of the "Answer and Counterclaim" available at [https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/righthaven_v_dem/AnswerandCounterclaim.pdf EFF.org]</ref>
In March 2011, a federal judge dismissed a suit brought by Righthaven, stating that no evidence had been presented that the forum posting of a ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' editorial for 40 days for noncommercial use harmed the market value of the work.<ref>{{cite news|last1=David|first1=Kravets|title=Righthaven Loss: Judge Rules Reposting Entire Article is Fair Use|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/06/fair-use-defense/|access-date=11 October 2017|publisher=Wired Magazine|date=20 June 2011}}</ref> In June 2011, another federal judge ruled that Righthaven had no standing to sue for copyright infringement, on the grounds that the original parties retain the actual copyrights.<ref name="Vegasinc ruling">{{cite news|last=Green|first=Steve|title=Judge rules Righthaven lacks standing to sue, threatens sanctions over misrepresentations|url=http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/jun/14/judge-rules-righthaven-lacks-standing-sue-threaten/|newspaper=VegasInc|date=14 June 2011|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In August 2011 another case was dismissed by Federal judge Philip Pro, who found that Righthaven had no standing to sue, and in any case the defendant's posting of a ''Review-Journal'' editorial to a blog was protected by fair use.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110620/23383214779/righthaven-loses-big-yet-again-cementing-two-previous-issues.shtml|title=Righthaven Loses Big Yet Again, Cementing Two Previous Issues|author=Mike Masnick|website=Techdirt.com|date=21 June 2011 }}</ref> The next month the ''Review-Journal'' terminated its arrangement with Righthaven,<ref name=Wired>{{cite news|last=Kravets|first=David|title=Newspaper Chain Drops Righthaven — 'It Was a Dumb Idea'|url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/medianews-righthaven-dumb-idea/|access-date=9 September 2011|newspaper=Wired|date=September 8, 2011}}</ref> which was forced into receivership in November 2011 because of unpaid legal settlements.<ref name=insolvency>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/us-marshals-turned-loose-to-collect-6372080-from-righthaven.ars|title=US Marshals turned loose to collect $63,720.80 from Righthaven|last=Anderson|first=Nate|date=1 November 2011|work=Ars Technica |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref>
== Publishers (past and present) ==
# A. E. Cahlan (1926–1960)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-02-07 |title=A.E. Cahlan |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/a-e-cahlan/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> # Fred W. Smith (1960-1966)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-04 |title=Fred Smith |url=https://obituaries.reviewjournal.com/obituary/fred-smith-1082045880 |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> # William V. Wright (1966-1981)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oden |first=Lindsay |date=2019-08-28 |title=Guide to the William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards |url=https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/finding-aids/PH-00094.pdf |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=University of Nevada Las Vegas}}</ref> # Earl L. Johnson (1981-1988)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-10-03 |title=Johnson was R-J executive |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/johnson-was-r-j-executive/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> # David A. Osborn (1988-1992)<ref>{{Cite news |title=David Osborn |url=https://nevadapress.com/about-us/hall-of-fame/david-osborn/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=Nevada Press Association}}</ref> # Sherman Frederick (1992-2010)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-11-02 |title=Newspaper executive Sherman Frederick will be honored as 'Good Scout' |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/newspaper-executive-sherman-frederick-will-be-honored-as-good-scout/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> # Bob Brown (2010-2014)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-11-12 |title=Review-Journal names Bob Brown as new publisher |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/review-journal-names-bob-brown-as-new-publisher/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> # Ed Moss (2014)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-01-06 |title=New executive team for R-J, Stephens Media |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/new-executive-team-for-r-j-stephens-media/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> # Mark Ficarra (2014-2015)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-09-22 |title=Mark Ficarra named publisher of Las Vegas Review-Journal |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/mark-ficarra-named-publisher-of-las-vegas-review-journal/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> # Jason Taylor (2015-2016)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-06-11 |title=Review-Journal owner GateHouse Media taps new publisher |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/review-journal-owner-gatehouse-media-taps-new-publisher/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> # Craig Moon (2016-2018)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-01-28 |title=Review-Journal names former USA Today head as publisher |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/review-journal-names-former-usa-today-head-as-publisher/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> # J. Keith Moyer (2018–present)<ref>{{Cite news |title=J. Keith Moyer |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/j-keith-moyer/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref>
== Current and past contributors ==
* Molly Ball, former lead political reporter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judges |url=https://wallacehouse.umich.edu/livingston-award-judge/molly-ball/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Wallace House Center for Journalists}}</ref> * Norm Clarke, wrote the column "Vegas Confidential" from 1999 to 2016<ref>{{Cite web |title=Specialty Speakers |url=https://lasvegaskeynotespeakers.com/specialty-speakers/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Las Vegas Keynote Speakers}}</ref> * Ned Day, columnist whose car was bombed in 1986<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-05-08 |title=Car bombings once popular mob tactic in Las Vegas |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/car-bombings-once-popular-mob-tactic-in-las-vegas/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> * Denver Dickerson, former editorial director who became Speaker of the Nevada Assembly<ref name="ALLW-1911-1994">{{cite book |last=Sharp |first=Nancy Weatherly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHqVYTkA08YC&q=denver+dickerson&pg=PA100 |title=American legislative leaders in the West, 1911–1994 |author2=Sharp, James Roger |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1997 |isbn=9780313302121 |page=100 |access-date=November 12, 2010}}</ref> * Major Garrett, former reporter who became CBS' Chief White House correspondent<ref>{{Cite news |title=Major Garrett |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/team/major-garrett/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |work=CBS News}}</ref> * Jeff German, former investigative reporter found fatally stabbed outside his home<ref>{{Cite news |last=Van Sant |first=Peter |date=2024-10-22 |title=How slain Las Vegas journalist Jeff German may have helped capture his own killer |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-german-slain-las-vegas-journalist-robert-telles-arrest-dna-evidence/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |work=CBS News}}</ref> * Paul Gutierrez, former reporter who went on to report for ESPN<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peters |first=Matthew |date=2008-06-16 |title=Q&A: Paul Gutierrez |url=https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/local/desert-dispatch/2008/06/17/q-paul-gutierrez/37105058007/ |work=Daily Press}}</ref> * John Katsilometes, celebrity and entertainment columnist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Diane |date=2018-02-25 |title=Herding Kats: Columnist John Katsilometes |url=https://living-las-vegas.com/2018/02/herding-katz-columnist-john-katsilometes/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |work=Living Las Vegas}}</ref> * Lorna Kesterson, former reporter and mayor of Henderson, Nevada<ref name="KTNV">{{cite news |last=Lupiani |first=Joyce |date=January 17, 2012 |title=Henderson's first female mayor dies at age 86 |url=http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/137497503.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127081143/http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/137497503.html |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |access-date=January 20, 2012 |work=KTNV-TV}}</ref> * David Lamb, former reporter<ref>{{Cite news |last=Frick |first=Jim |date=2012 |title=The world was his beat |url=https://www.umainealumni.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/UMaineAlumni_Profile_DavidLamb61.pdf |access-date=2024-12-17 |work=Maine Alumni Magazine |publisher=University of Maine |pages=18–19}}</ref> * Heidi Knapp Rinella, former restaurant critic<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dickensheets |first1=Scott |date=1 January 2022 |title=Review-Journal food writer Heidi Knapp Rinella has left the table |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/food/review-journal-food-writer-heidi-knapp-rinella-has-left-the-table-2506088/ |access-date=14 March 2023 |publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> * Robin Leach, former entertainment reporter for the newspaper's niche division<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weatherford |first=Mike |date=24 June 2016 |title=Robin Leach joining RJ to expand celebrity, lifestyle coverage |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/robin-leach-joining-rj-expand-celebrity-lifestyle-coverage |access-date=18 August 2016 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> * Gary Martin, former Washington bureau chief<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schnur |first=Sabrina |date=2022-11-10 |title=Review-Journal Washington reporter Gary Martin dies |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/review-journal-washington-reporter-gary-martin-dies-2674221/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> * Michael Ramirez, cartoonist<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-09-14 |title=Cartoonist Michael Ramirez joins the Review-Journal |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/videos/cartoonist-michael-ramirez-joins-the-review-journal/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> * Donald W. Reynolds, owner from 1949 to 1993<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=1993-04-06 |title=Don Reynolds, 86; Established Group Of Media Interests |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/06/obituaries/don-reynolds-86-established-group-of-media-interests.html |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> * Wayne Allyn Root, politics opinion columnist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Staff report |date=2016-08-19 |title=Wayne Allyn Root joins Las Vegas Review-Journal as columnist |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/wayne-allyn-root-joins-las-vegas-review-journal-as-columnist/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> * Neal Rubin, former features writer<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rubin |first=Neal |date=2022-09-15 |title=I left Las Vegas. Jeff German stayed, made a mark and paid with his life. |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/columnists/neal-rubin/2022/09/15/jeff-german-las-vegas-journalist-murder-robert-telles/69494605007/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=Detroit Free Press}}</ref> * Debra Saunders, White House correspondent and Washington columnist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Mariam |date=2023-12-13 |title=Saunders rejoins Las Vegas Review-Journal as Washington columnist |url=https://talkingbiznews.com/media-moves/saunders-rejoins-las-vegas-review-journal-as-washington-columnist/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=Talking Biz News}}</ref> * Joe Schoenmann, former reporter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Schoenmann |url=https://knpr.org/people/joe-schoenmann |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=KNPR}}</ref> * Ira Stoll, columnist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ira Stoll |url=https://newbostonpost.com/author/ira-stoll/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=New Boston Post|date=August 9, 2022 }}</ref> * Jude Wanniski, former political columnist<ref name="Coined">{{cite news |author=Douglas Martin |date=August 31, 2005 |title=Jude Wanniski, 69, Journalist Who Coined the Term 'Supply-Side Economics' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/31/business/31wanniski.html?ex=1283140800&en=9b18b36a7ca3d605&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss |work=New York Times}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Journalism|Nevada}} * List of newspapers in Nevada * Media in Las Vegas
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.reviewjournal.com/ ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''] official website {{Authority control}}
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