News & Review
Newspaper group based in Chico, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The News & Review is a group of free alternative weekly newspapers published by Chico Community Publishing, Inc. of Chico, California. The company publishes the Chico News & Review in Chico, California, the Sacramento News & Review in Sacramento, California, and, through Jan. 30, 2022, the Reno News & Review in Reno, Nevada. On January 31, 2022, the Reno News & Review was sold to Coachella Valley Independent LLC.[1]
Type | Alternative weekly |
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Owner(s) | Chico Community Publishing, Inc.; Coachella Valley Independent LLC |
Founded | 1977 |
Headquarters | Chico CA, Sacramento CA and Reno NV |
Website | newsreview renonr |
The chain started out as an on-campus newspaper for California State University, Chico called The Wildcat, but after a dispute with the administration, the newspaper moved off campus to become an independent publication.[2]
Print publication of the newspapers was temporarily suspended after publisher Jeff vonKaenel told employees on March 16, 2020, that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a drastic downturn in advertising revenue that had already been in decline.[3][4][5] Although a digital presence was maintained on the three newspapers' websites, much of the staff was laid off with the publication of editions dated March 19, 2020.[6]
However, beginning in July 2020, the Sacramento News & Review and Chico News & Review returned to newsstands with monthly issues. The Sacramento News & Review was forced to suspend print publication once again in January 2021.[7] The Chico News & Review continued printing monthly issues until announcing in December 2023 that its last physical edition will be printed Jan. 11, 2024. Afterward its content will strictly run online.[8]
The Sacramento News & Review remains online-only.[9] The Reno News & Review resumed print publication as a monthly starting with the June 2022 issue.[10]