Las Vegas Review-Journal
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| Las Vegas Review-Journal | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Type: | News Media |
| Founder(s): | Charles C. Corkhill |
| Year founded: | 1909 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Las Vegas Review-Journal is a daily newspaper published in Las Vegas, Nev. It is the largest circulating daily newspaper in Nevada, and the paper is owned by Sheldon Adelson's News + Media Capital Group LLC. Adelson also owns a daily newspaper in Israel called Israel Hayom.[1] According to its Facebook page, the paper's mission aims to "improve the lives of Southern Nevadans by building a stronger community through information, insights and inspiration."[2]
Circulation[edit]
As of 2016, Las Vegas Review-Journal is Nevada's largest newspaper and has a circulation of 167,000 readers.[3]
History[edit]
The Las Vegas Review-Journal started in 1909 as a weekly paper called The Clark County Review, founded by Charles C. Corkhill. The name of the publication was changed to the Las Vegas Review in 1922. Six years later, Frank Garside bought the paper and it became a daily publication.[4]
Former Nevada Governor James G. Scrugham founded another Nevada paper called the Las Vegas Journal in March 1929. Garside purchased Las Vegas Journal in July of that year, and he merged it with the Las Vegas Review to form the Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal. In 1945, the Las Vegas Age, which had gone between daily and weekly status, was bought by the Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal.[4]
Donald Reynolds purchased the Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal as part of his company, Donrey Media Group, in 1949. The "evening" in the paper's name was removed to become the Las Vegas Review-Journal(Review-Journal) that same year.[4]
In July 1990, the Review-Journal began a Joint Operating Agreement with the Las Vegas Sun, a competing daily publication. Stephens Group, based in Little Rock, Ark., bought the Review-Journal after Donald Reynolds passed away in 1993. The Stephens Group was renamed Stephens Media in 2002.[4]
Three years later, the Joint Operating Agreement with the Las Vegas Sun was renogotiated and the Review-Journal started to print the Sun as an insert.[5] New Media Investment Group Inc. purchased the paper in February 2015.[6]
As of January 2016, Sheldon Adelson and his company, News + Media Capital Group LLC, own the Review-Journal (he bought it in December 2015).[7]
Editorial positions[edit]
Below is a sampling of editorial positions the paper has taken on various political candidates, ballot measure issues, etc., covered by Ballotpedia.
Presidential endorsements[edit]
2016 presidential endorsement[edit]
✓ The Las Vegas Review-Journal endorsed Donald Trump for the 2016 presidential general election.[8]
- See also: Endorsements for Donald Trump
The editorial board of Las Vegas Review-Journal endorsed Republican presidential candidates including former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney in 2012, U.S. Sen. John McCain in 2008 and President George W. Bush in the 2000 and 2004 general elections.
Judges[edit]
- 2014 endorsement of Douglas Herndon for re-election to his position as a judge on the Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court, Department 3, in Clark County, Nev.[9]
- 2014 endorsement of Carolyn Ellsworth for re-election to her position as a judge on the Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court, Department 5, in Clark County, Nev.[9]
- 2014 endorsement of Rebecca Burton for election to her position as a judge on the Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Division (Department C), in Clark County, Nev.[9]
- 2014 endorsement of Robert Teuton for re-election to his position as a judge on the Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Division (Department D), in Clark County, Nev.[9]
Statewide ballot measures[edit]
- Endorsed Question 1 in 2014
- Endorsed Question 2 in 2014
- Opposed Question 3 in 2014
- Opposed Question 2 in 2016
Recognition[edit]
Las Vegas Review-Journal won first place for the "General Excellence" award from the Nevada Press Association for six years in a row (2008-2014), and also won the association's "Freedom of the Press" award in 2012 and 2014.[10][11]
Contact[edit]
Las Vegas Review-Journal
1111 W. Bonanza Road
P.O. Box 70
Las Vegas, NV 89125
Phone: 702-383-0211[12]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Las Vegas Review-Journal website
- Las Vegas Review-Journal Facebook page
- Las Vegas Review-Journal Twitter page
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Las Vegas Review-Journal disclosure of ownership," accessed January 15, 2016
- ↑ Facebook, "About Las Vegas Review-Journal," accessed January 15, 2016
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Work for the Las Vegas Review-Journal," accessed January 15, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Stephens Media, "Las Vegas Review-Journal About Us," accessed January 15, 2016
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Las Vegas Sun at Risk of Folding," August 21, 2013
- ↑ Las Vegas Sun, "Company that owns Las Vegas Review-Journal sold to New Media," February 19, 2015
- ↑ Fortune, "Yes, Sheldon Adelson Bought The Las Vegas Review-Journal," December 26, 2015
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Editorial: Donald Trump for President," October 22, 2016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Las Vegas Review-Journal, "2014 Review-Journal endorsements," November 4, 2014
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "RJ continues winning streak at Nevada Press Awards," September 20, 2014
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Review-Journal rakes in awards from Nevada Press Association," September 22, 2012
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Contacts," accessed January 15, 2016
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