El Sol de Salinas explained

Type:Twice-weekly
Owners:Gannett
Editor:Silas Lyon
Language:Spanish
Circulation:13,000
Headquarters:123 W Alisal St, Salinas, CA Monterey County United States

is a paper focusing on news and information for Hispanic communities in the Monterey County, California area. It is printed twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays.[1] It has a circulation of 13,000 copies.[2]

It is edited by Silas Lyon.

History

publishing on November 13, 1968, and it considered to be the oldest and largest Spanish weekly newspaper on California's central coast. The paper is produced by The Salinas Californian, and both papers are owned by the Gannett Company, which also owns the USA Today Network.[3]

El Sol 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.[4] 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.[5]

El Sol is the paper of record for Spanish-language public notices from Monterey County, including Monterey's Treasurer-Tax Collector.[6]

Valentin Mendoza, who had worked as editor of El Sol for many years, left in 2015.[7]

In 2017, Silas Lyon was named Executive Editor over the north central team of California papers, which includes El Sol.[8] 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.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: El Sol to publish twice a week - Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. 2018-10-16. en.
  2. Web site: El Sol de Salinas newspaper - MondoTimes.com. www.mondotimes.com. 2018-10-16.
  3. News: The Salinas Californian is slashing its print schedule. What's next?. Duan. Mary. Monterey County Weekly. 2018-10-16. en.
  4. News: Visalia Times-Delta Struggles to Keep Autonomy - Valley Voice. 2015-03-05. Valley Voice. 2018-10-17. en-US.
  5. News: The Peninsula's only homegrown Spanish-language newspaper is finding its place in the world.. None. Monterey County Weekly. 2018-10-17. en.
  6. Web site: Monterey County Treasurer-Tax Collector. www.co.monterey.ca.us. 2018-10-17.
  7. News: The Salinas Californian is slashing its print schedule. What's next?. Duan. Mary. Monterey County Weekly. 2018-10-17. en.
  8. News: Times Delta Media group names new executive editor . en . . 2018-10-16.
  9. News: Newspapers Collapsing? THREE Papers to Share ONE Editor - California Political Review. 2017-05-15. California Political Review. 2018-10-16. en-US.