El Sol de Salinas
| Type | Twice-weekly |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Gannett |
| Editor | Silas Lyon |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Language | Spanish |
| Headquarters | 123 W Alisal St, Salinas, CA Monterey County United States |
| Circulation | 13,000 |
| Website | elsoldesalinas |
El Sol de Salinas is a paper focusing on news and information for Hispanic communities in the Monterey County, California area.[1] It is printed twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays.[2] It has a circulation of 13,000 copies.[1]
It is edited by Silas Lyon.[3]
History
[edit]El Sol de Salinas publishing on November 13, 1968, and it considered to be the oldest and largest Spanish weekly newspaper on California's central coast.[2] The paper is produced by The Salinas Californian, and both papers are owned by the Gannett Company, which also owns the USA Today Network.[4]
El Sol's parent company, Gannett, has been criticized for publishing content in local papers that was not relevant to those local communities, as a result of managing too many papers under one editorial structure.[5] Much of El Sol's content is translated content from its parent newspaper, The Salinas Californian, rather than original content for the local Spanish-speaking communities.[6]
El Sol is the paper of record for Spanish-language public notices from Monterey County, including Monterey's Treasurer-Tax Collector.[7]
Valentin Mendoza, who had worked as editor of El Sol for many years, left in 2015.[8]
In 2017, Silas Lyon was named Executive Editor over the north central team of California papers, which includes El Sol.[9] Lyon's hiring, and the firing of previous editor Pete Wevurski, was part of a financial restructuring across the Gannett Company and included a number of other layoffs.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "El Sol de Salinas newspaper - MondoTimes.com". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ a b "El Sol to publish twice a week - Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ a b "Newspapers Collapsing? THREE Papers to Share ONE Editor - California Political Review". California Political Review. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ Duan, Mary. "The Salinas Californian is slashing its print schedule. What's next?". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ "Visalia Times-Delta Struggles to Keep Autonomy - Valley Voice". Valley Voice. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ None. "The Peninsula's only homegrown Spanish-language newspaper is finding its place in the world". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ "Monterey County Treasurer-Tax Collector". www.co.monterey.ca.us. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ Duan, Mary. "The Salinas Californian is slashing its print schedule. What's next?". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ "Times Delta Media group names new executive editor". Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register. Retrieved 2018-10-16.