- Richmond Post
Infobox_Newspaper
name = The Richmond Post
type = Weeklynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
foundation =
owners = Paul Cobb
headquarters = 405 14th Street, Suite 1215, Oakland, CA
editor =
publisher =Post News Group
website = http://www.postnewsgroup.com/
circulation =
price =
ISSN =The "Richmond Post" is a
newspaper inRichmond, California which featuring comics, world news, regionalSan Francisco Bay Area news, local city of Richmond news, health, entertainment, and religious or "faith" sections in addition to an advertisements section. The paper has been printed and circulated since 1964 . It is the largest African American newspaper in North America.Fact|date=May 2007 Published weekly, the paper is available in front of businesses throughout Richmond and neighboring neighboring North Richmond. The Richmond Post is the largest free newspaper in the city.Fact|date=May 2007The newspaper is headquarted in downtown
Oakland, California . It is one of five local Post Newspapers published by thePost News Group , along with the "Oakland Post", the "Berkeley Tri-City Post ", the "San Francisco Post " and the "South County Post ". [ [http://www.postnewsgroup.com/ The Post News Group, Oakland Post] ]It's newly promoted editor, prominent African-American journalist
Chauncey Bailey , was killed by a gunman at close range on the morningAugust 2 ,2007 , as he was walking to his nearby work, around 7:30AM on 14th Street near Alice Street inOakland, California cite web
url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/02/BAGGCRBL8A6.DTL&tsp=1
title=Hit man kills newspaper editor on Oakland street
author=Christopher Heredia, Leslie Fulbright and Marisa Lagos
publisher=San Francisco Chronicle
date=2007-08-02] in what police described as "an assassination". Witnesses said a single gunman wearing dark clothing and a ski maskcite web
url=http://www.ktvu.com/news/13805439/detail.html
title=Veteran Reporter Gunned Down In Oakland
publisher=KTVU
date=2007-08-02 ] approached Bailey, shot twice and ran away. In June 2007, Bailey had been promoted to Editor-in-Chief of all five Post newspapers.External links
* [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070803/OBITUARIES/708030360/1003/METRO Chauncey Bailey Obituary]
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