Las Cruces Sun-News
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 Front page of Las Cruces Sun-News on July 25, 2008 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | USA Today Co. |
| Founder | James A. Spradling |
| Editor | Jessica Onsurez (2023-present)[1] |
| Founded | 1881 (as the Rio Grande Republican) [2] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Las Cruces, New Mexico |
| Circulation | 22,646 Daily 23,917 Sunday (as of 2011)[3] |
| ISSN | 1081-2172 |
| Website | lcsun-news |
Las Cruces Sun-News, founded in 1881,[2] is a daily newspaper published in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
History
[edit]On May 21, 1881, the Rio Grande Republican was first published.[4] It was founded by James A. Spradling.[5] The Republican at different times was owned by H.D. Bowman and J.F Bonham. In 1911, Allen J. Papen sold the paper to Orrin A. Foster.[6] The paper's name was soon shortened to the Rio Grande Republic.[7]
In 1917, Mrs. Josephine Foster sold the Republic to Seymour E. Bronson and his two sons Daniel and David. The three owned The Mining Journal in Clifton, Arizona.[8] In 1923, the Bronson family merged the Republic with Organized Farming, published by the Dona Ana County Farm Bureau, to form the Rio Grande Farmer.[9] In 1934, the Bronsons expanded the Farmer into a daily and renamed it to the Las Cruces Daily News.[10]
In 1937, Morris J. Boretz and Edwin D. Minteer founded a rival paper called the Las Cruces Sun.[11] In March 1939, the Sun owners acquired the Daily News from David Bronson. The two papers were merged to form the Las Cruces Sun-News.[12] A month later, Wallace Perry bought the paper from Boretz and Minteer.[13] After a few days, on the day ownership was to officially be transferred, Minteer re-acquired the paper from Perry.[14] Perry later announced he had gotten sick and reached an agreement to re-purchase the paper on a later date.[15]
Perry owned the Sun-News for seven years. In 1946, he sold it to Orville E. Priestley and James H. Skewes, owners of the Artesia Advocate.[16][17] In 1956, the two sold off the Advocate to a rival publisher.[18] In 1958, Skewes died,[19] and a year later his widow sold their company stock to Priestley.[20] In 1967, Priestley died.[21] In 1970, his widow Opal Lee Priestley sold the Sun-News to Worrell Enterprises Inc.[22]
In 1989, Garden State Newspapers, a subsidiary of MediaNews Group, acquired the paper. At that time circulation was 20,000.[23] The Sun-News later became part of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership, a joint venture formed in 2003 between MediaNews Group and Gannett, with MediaNews Group the managing partner.[24] In 2015, Gannett acquired full ownership of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership.[25] Since 2023, Jessica Onsurez has served as news director for Sun-News and the other Gannett-owned papers in New Mexico.[26]
References
[edit]- ↑ Willis, Damien (January 2, 2023). "Onsurez takes over as news director of Las Cruces Sun-News". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- 1 2 "Las Cruces Sun-News". Gannett. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
- ↑ "eCirc for Newspapers". Audit Bureau of Circulations. September 30, 2011. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Salutatory". Las Cruces Sun-News. May 21, 1881. p. 2.
- ↑ "Notice". Arizona Weekly Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. May 29, 1881. p. 3.
- ↑ "Orrin A. Foster Buys Rio Grande Republican". El Paso Herald. El Paso, Texas. February 20, 1911. p. 9.
- ↑ "A Bum Directory". Las Cruces Sun-News. February 26, 1920. p. 1.
- ↑ "Rio Grande Republic of Los Cruces Sold". El Paso Times. August 20, 1917. p. 7.
- ↑ "Rio Grande Republic and Organized Farming Consolidate Under New Name of Rio Grande Farmer". Las Cruces Sun-News. March 1, 1923. p. 1.
- ↑ "The Las Cruces Daily News". Alamogordo Daily News. September 20, 1934. p. 2.
- ↑ "New Las Cruces Paper Well Received Here". The Deming Headlight. October 7, 1937. p. 1.
- ↑ "Las Cruces Sun Buys Daily News | Afternoon and Sunday Paper Is Planned". Albuquerque Journal. Associated Press. March 3, 1939. p. 5.
- ↑ "Sun-News Sold". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Associated Press. May 1, 1939. p. 8.
- ↑ "Las Cruces Sun-News Sold Again; Minteer Buyer". Albuquerque Journal. Associated Press. May 2, 1939. p. 9.
- ↑ "Perry Explains Paper Buying | Says Illness Delayed His Taking Over Sun-News At Las Cruces". El Paso Herald-Post. August 2, 1939. p. 9.
- ↑ "Priestly Takes Over Las Cruces Sun-News". The Gallup Independent. Associated Press. November 4, 1946. p. 1.
- ↑ "Skewes and Priestly, Former Sooners, Buy Las Cruces Newspaper". Sooner State Press. Norman, Oklahoma. November 16, 1946. p. 2.
- ↑ "Artesia Paper Sold To Rival". Alamogordo Daily News. Associated Press. May 3, 1956. p. 1.
- ↑ "J.H. Skewes' Funeral Rites Held Thursday". Las Cruces Sun-News. May 9, 1958. p. 1.
- ↑ "Orville Priestley Buys James Skewes Interest In Las Cruces Sun-News". Sooner State Press. Norman, Oklahoma. July 4, 1959. p. 4.
- ↑ "Sun-News Publisher Dies in El Paso Hoy". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Associated Press. February 13, 1967. p. 1.
- ↑ "Las Cruces paper sold". Las Vegas Optic. Associated Press. June 9, 1970. p. 6.
- ↑ Lazorko, Catherine (August 23, 1989). "Houston company buys Las Cruces Sun-News | No major changes in works for newspaper". El Paso Times. p. 1.
- ↑ "Gannett, MediaNews Group expand and reorganize Texas-New Mexico Partnership" (Press release). Gannett Co., Inc. December 1, 2003. Archived from the original on April 2, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
- ↑ "Gannett buys El Paso Times, 6 New Mexico papers". The Midland Reporter-Telegram. June 2, 2015. p. 3.
- ↑ Easterling, Mike (January 19, 2023). "New Mexico native assumes top leadership position at The Daily Times". Farmington Daily Times. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
