Manteca Bulletin

Manteca Bulletin
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner209 Multimedia
FounderF.L. Wurster
A.L. Cowell
EditorDennis Wyatt
FoundedNovember 1908 (as Irrigation Bulletin)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters1215 W. Center St. #203, Manteca, California, United States
Circulation5,350 Daily (as of 2011)
Sister newspapers
Turlock Journal
ISSN0745-2748
Websitemantecabulletin.com

The Manteca Bulletin is a daily community newspaper for Manteca, California, United States. The Bulletin has been in publication since 1908 and is owned by 209 Multimedia.

History

In November 1908, F.L. Wurster and A.L. Cowell founded the Irrigation Bulletin in Stockton, California. It was created to promote the interests of the forerunner to the South San Joaquin Irrigation District, and was essentially a series of flyers distributed statewide promoting the irrigation of sandy loam soil around Manteca. In 1910, Fred S. Holman acquired the paper and relocated it to Ripon. At that time the Bulletin was expanded into a standard-size weekly newspaper.

In 1911, J.B. Dixon founded the Manteca Enterprise. In 1912, Holman moved the Bulletin to Manteca. In 1914, Dixon, announced plans to relocate the paper to Atlanta, California. However, the Enterprise ceased. A few months later R.D. Bessac bought the paper from Dixon and revived it. In 1918, Holman acquired the Enterprise from Bessac and merged it into the Bulletin. Later that year, Holman sold the paper to J.D. Dean.

In 1923, George Murphy Sr. and Louis Meyer purchased the Bulletin from Dean. This began 50 years of ownership by the Murphy family. Murphy Sr. retired as publisher in 1946 and retired from active staff in 1959. He was succeeded by his son George Murphy Jr., who in 1963 expanded the Bulletin into a tri-weekly. In 1970, Murphy Sr. died at age 82. In 1972, Murphy Jr. sold the Bulletin to Charles Morris of Morris Multimedia. At that time the paper's circulation was 6,000. In 1991, Murphy Jr. was posthumously inducted into the California Newspaper Hall of Fame. In 2020, Morris sold its California division to 209 Multimedia.

Criticism

The Bulletin has been accused of plagiarism in the past. In response to outcries over plagiarism in the newspaper's opinion pages, the Bulletin published an editorial acknowledging the problem in 2009.

Sister publications

209 Multimedia, the firm which publishes the Bulletin, also publishes 209 Magazine, a bimonthly regional magazine, the semiweekly Turlock Journal, and the weekly newspapers of the Ceres Courier, the Escalon Times, the Gustine Press Standard, the Oakdale Leader, the Riverbank News, and the West Side Index of Newman.

References

  1. ↑ "Annual Audit Report, June 2011". Larkspur, Calif.: Verified Audit Circulation. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ "The Bulletin On Irrigation". The Record. Stockton, California. November 1, 1908. p. 6.
  3. ↑ "Developing San Joaquin | What Irrigation Bulletin Is Doing". The Record. Stockton, California. January 19, 1910. p. 3.
  4. 1 2 "About Us". MantecaBulletin.com. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Newspaper To Be Published In Ripon". Stockton Mail. May 21, 1910. p. 2.
  6. ↑ "Ripon Now Has Local Newspaper". Modesto Morning Herald. June 4, 1910. p. 1.
  7. ↑ "Greater Manteca Enterprise". Turlock Tribune. November 29, 1911. p. 2.
  8. ↑ "Will Remove His Plant". The Ripon Record. April 20, 1912. p. 4.
  9. ↑ "Manteca Paper Moves To Atlanta". Modesto Morning Herald. April 7, 1914. p. 2.
  10. ↑ "Lodian Purchases the Manteca Enterprise". The Lodi Sentinel. June 9, 1914. p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Fred Holman Buys The Enterprise". The Record. Stockton, California. March 19, 1918. p. 9.
  12. ↑ "Fred Holman Sells Bulletin To Go Across". The Record. Stockton, California. July 26, 1918. p. 9.
  13. ↑ "Manteca Paper Purchased By Murphy, Meyer". The Record. Stockton, California. October 18, 1923. p. 1.
  14. ↑ "Mr. and Mrs. George D. Murphy Sr. Retire From The Manteca Bulletin". Oakdale Leader. July 30, 1959. p. 3.
  15. ↑ "Manteca Bulletin Goes Tri-Weekly". The Record. Stockton, California. November 14, 1963. p. 21.
  16. ↑ "George Murphy Sr., Manteca Publisher, Dies". The Modesto Bee. September 10, 1970. p. 51.
  17. ↑ "Manteca Paper Will Be Sold". The Modesto Bee. March 24, 1972. p. 41.
  18. ↑ "Manteca's Newspaper Is Sold". The Sacramento Union. Associated Press. April 8, 1972. p. 7.
  19. ↑ "George Murphy Jr". California Press HOF. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
  20. ↑ Wing, Kevin. "George Murphy Jr". Media Museum of Northern California. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Local couple buys Bulletin, other papers". Manteca Bulletin. October 9, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  22. ↑ Wyatt, Dennis (December 23, 2009). "Of plagiarism personal attacks & lack of civility". Manteca Bulletin. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved February 29, 2024.