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{{Short description|Newspaper in Riverside, California}}
{{Distinguish|Press Enterprise (Pennsylvania) }}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = [[Image:ThePressEnterprise.png|225px|The Press-Enterprise / PE.com]]
| logo               = 
| image              = [[Image:The Press-Enterprise front page.jpg|225px|border]]
| caption            = The July 27, 2005 front page<br />of ''The Press-Enterprise''
| type               = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format             = [[Broadsheet]]
| owners             = [[Digital First Media]]
| founder            = 
| publisher          = Ron Hasse<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/news-710598-digital-group.html|title=Executive team named for So Cal News Group to lead the Orange County Register|date=April 3, 2016|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>
| editor             = Frank Pine
| foundation         = 1878
| language           = English
| reporters          = Sydney Barragan (Moreno Valley/Perris/San Jacinto/Hemet reporter), Sarah Hofmann (Corona/Jurupa Valley/Norco/Eastvale reporter), Arianna Clay (Transportation reporter), Jeff Horseman (Riverside City/County government reporter), Brian Rokos (Public Safety reporter), Eric-Paul Johnson (High school sportswriter).
| headquarters       = 1825 Chicago Ave, Suite 100 <br />[[Riverside, California|Riverside]], [[California]] 92507, [[United States]]
| circulation        = '''2011''' <br />92,697 Daily<br />114,405 Sunday<ref>{{cite news | title=Industry: Press-Enterprise posts circulation gain |newspaper=The Press-Enterprise |url=http://www.pe.com/business/business-headlines/20111017-industry-press-enterprise-posts-circulation-gain.ece |format=PDF |access-date=April 14, 2012}}</ref>

'''2009''' Ranked 65 of 100<br />149,608 Daily<br />160,016 Sunday<ref>{{cite web |title=2009 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation |publisher=BurrellesLuce |url=http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2009_Top_100List.pdf |access-date=March 14, 2009 |archive-date=December 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228115220/http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2009_Top_100List.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''2008''' Ranked 63 of 100<br />164,189 Daily<br />172,730 Sunday<ref>{{cite web |title=2008 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation |publisher=BurrellesLuce |url=http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2008_Top_100List.pdf |access-date=March 14, 2009 |archive-date=September 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916202157/http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2008_Top_100List.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''2007''' Ranked 60 of 100<br />172,593 Daily<br />178,062 Sunday<ref>{{cite web |title=2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation |publisher=BurrellesLuce |url=http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2007_Top_100List.pdf |access-date=March 14, 2009 |archive-date=December 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202203212/https://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2007_Top_100List.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| sister newspapers  = ''La Prensa'' (Spanish-language weekly)
| ISSN               = 0746-4258
| oclc               = 
| website            = {{URL|pressenterprise.com}}
}}

'''''The Press-Enterprise''''' is a paid daily newspaper published by [[Digital First Media]] that serves the [[Inland Empire (California)|Inland Empire]] in [[Southern California]]. Headquartered in downtown [[Riverside, California]], it is the primary newspaper for [[Riverside County, California|Riverside County]], with heavy penetration into neighboring [[San Bernardino County]]. The geographic circulation area of the newspaper spans from the border of [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] to the west, east to the [[Coachella Valley]], north to the [[San Bernardino Mountains]], and south to the [[San Diego County]] line. ''The Press-Enterprise'' is a member of the [[Southern California News Group]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hagen|first1=Ryan|title=What is Digital First Media and the Southern California News Group who just purchased the Orange County Register?|url=http://www.sbsun.com/media/20160321/what-is-digital-first-media-and-the-southern-california-news-group-who-just-purchased-the-orange-county-register|access-date=April 4, 2016|newspaper=San Bernardino Sun}}</ref>

The newspaper traces its roots to ''The Press'', which began publishing in 1878, and ''The Daily Enterprise'', which started publishing in 1885. The two papers were merged into one company in 1931, but the company did not begin publishing a daily morning paper named ''The Press-Enterprise'' until 1983. [[A. H. Belo]] acquired the company in 1998. In October 2013, A.H. Belo announced that it had reached an agreement to sell The Press-Enterprise's assets to [[Freedom Communications]], parent company of the ''[[Orange County Register]]'', for $27 million;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2013/10/ah-belo-selling-press-enterprise-to-freedom-communications.html/|title=Orange County Register parent Freedom Communications buys Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise from Dallas-based A.H. Belo Corp.|date=October 10, 2013|website=Bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref> after some delays, the transaction closed in late November.<ref>Ken Bensinger, [http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-press-enterprise-sale-completed-20131121,0,3658578.story "Sale of Riverside Press-Enterprise to Aaron Kushner closes, finally"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', November 21, 2013.</ref> Freedom declared bankruptcy in 2015, the ''Register'' and the ''Press-Enterprise'' were sold in a bankruptcy auction to Digital First Media in March 2016.

''The Press-Enterprise'''s local competitors are the ''[[The San Bernardino Sun|San Bernardino Sun]]'' and the ''[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]].'' They share some of its western circulation areas with the ''[[Orange County Register]]'' and ''[[North County Times|The Californian]]'' (of [[Temecula]]) in the southwest area.

==History==
The ''Riverside Press'' was first published on June 29, 1878, by James Roe, a druggist and teacher.<ref Name=Patterson1>Patterson, Tom. ''A Colony For California'', Second Edition, 1996. p. 55.</ref>  In 1880 Roe sold the newspaper to Luther M. Holt, who, for several years, published the paper under the name the ''Riverside Press and Horticulturist''.  In 1886 Holt began issuing the paper daily.<ref name=press1>The Press-Enterprise, ''Press Into The Past'', ''1878-2007: A Press-Enterprise Timeline'', April 20, 2007</ref>

''The Riverside Daily Enterprise'' was first published in 1885 by David F. Sarber, and became a county paper in 1896 when it absorbed the ''Perris Valley Record'' and the ''Moreno Valley Indicator''.  The paper was published somewhat sporadically through 1911 by various owners, and under various names, including; ''Riverside Weekly Enterprise'', ''Riverside Semi-weekly Enterprise'', ''Weekly Enterprise'', and the ''Morning Mission''.  In 1912, The Enterprise was sold to the owners of the San Bernardino ''Sun''.<ref name=press1/>

In 1931 ''The Press'' purchased ''The Enterprise'' from the ''San Bernardino Sun''.  The newly combined company issued ''The Enterprise'' in the morning, and ''The Press'' in the evenings.  In 1954 the Riverside Press changed its company name to the Press-Enterprise Company, and in 1955 the two papers began printing a joint Sunday edition called the ''Sunday Press-Enterprise''.  Due to market conditions, the two papers were combined into one morning paper, ''The Press-Enterprise'', in 1983.<ref name=press1/>

The Dallas-based A.H. Belo Corporation purchased The Press-Enterprise Company from the Hays family through multiple acquisitions in 1997 and 1998.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Roberts |editor1-first= Gene |editor1-link=Gene Roberts (journalist) |editor2-last=Kunkel |editor2-first=Thomas  |editor3-last= Layton |editor3-first=Charles |year=2001 |title=Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering  |url=https://archive.org/details/leavingreadersbe00robe|url-access=registration |location=[[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]] |publisher=[[University of Arkansas Press]] |isbn= 1610752325}}</ref>
Enterprise Media was formed in 2010 and released a B2B website, enterprisemedia.co.

In 2013, ''The Press-Enterprise'' was sold to [[Freedom Communications]] for $27 million.

On March 21, 2016, ''The Press-Enterprise'' and its sister newspaper the ''Orange County Register'' were sold to [[Digital First Media]], after [[Freedom Communications]] declared bankruptcy and was placed in an auction which included [[Tribune Publishing]]. With Digital First Media as its new owner, it now expands to 11 daily newspapers, six in Los Angeles County, three in San Bernardino County, one in Orange County, and one in Riverside County.

==Pulitzer Prize==
The Press-Enterprise won the [[1968 Pulitzer Prize]] for meritorious public service for its exposé of corruption in the courts in connection with the handling of the property and estates of the [[Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians|Agua Caliente Indian tribe]] of [[Palm Springs, California]]. The series was written by George Ringwald.<ref name="Harris2008">{{cite book|author=Roy J. Harris|title=Pulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4fIt1bs698C&pg=PA403|year=2008|publisher=[[University of Missouri Press]]|isbn=978-0-8262-1768-4|page=403}}</ref>

==Supreme Court cases==
The Press-Enterprise Company won two separate [[United States Supreme Court]] cases that established the public's right to witness specific aspects of criminal court proceedings.

The first case, won in 1984, was ''Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of California, Riverside County''. In a case involving the rape and murder of a teenage girl, the ''Press-Enterprise'' requested that the [[voir dire]], the process of questioning the jury, be open to the public and press.  The request was denied, as well as the request for the subsequent transcripts, and upheld by the [[California Court of Appeal]].  The [[California Supreme Court]] denied the ''Press-Enterprise''<nowiki/>'s request for a hearing.  The United States Supreme Court decided in favor of the ''Press-Enterprise'', establishing that the public has the right to attend jury selection during criminal trials.<ref>[http://supreme.justia.com/us/464/501/case.html Justia.com; US Supreme Court Center]; Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Ct., 464 U. S. 501 (1984).  Retrieved November 16, 2009</ref>

The second case, won in 1986, was also called ''Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of California''. The case involved Robert Diaz who was accused of 12 patient murders while acting as a nurse at the Community Hospital of the Valleys in [[Perris, California]].  The defendant requested that the public be excluded from the proceedings.  The Magistrate granted the unopposed request because of the national attention the case had garnered.  At the end of the hearing the ''Press-Enterprise'' requested that the transcripts be released, but the request was denied and the records were sealed.  The United States Supreme Court decided that the public has the right to attend pretrial hearings in criminal cases, including preliminary hearings.<ref>[http://supreme.justia.com/us/478/1/index.html Justia.com; US Supreme Court Center]; Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Ct., 478 U. S. 1 (1986). Retrieved November 16, 2009.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portalbar|California|Journalism}}
* [[Tim Hays]]
* [[James Ward (judge)|James Ward]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.pe.com/}}

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