The Fresno Bee

Infobox Newspaper
name = The Fresno Bee


caption = The July 27, 2005 front page of
"The Fresno Bee"
type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1922
ceased publication =
price =
owners = The McClatchy Company
publisher = Ray Steele Jr.
editor = Betsy Lumbye
language =
political =
circulation = 157,546 Daily
180,043 Sunday [cite web | title=2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation |publisher=Burrelles"Luce" |url=http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2007_Top_100List.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-05-30 |date=2007-03-31]
headquarters = 1626 E Street
Fresno, California 93786
USA
ISSN = 0889-6070
website = [http://www.fresnobee.com/ FresnoBee.com]

"The Fresno Bee" is the daily newspaper serving Fresno, California and surrounding counties in that U.S. state's San Joaquin Valley. It is owned by The McClatchy Company and ranks fourth in circulation among the company's newspapers.

"The Fresno Bee" was founded in 1922 by the McClatchy brothers Charles Kenny (C.K.) and Valentine Stuart (V.S.), sons of "The Sacramento Bee"'s second editor James McClatchy. [cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchy.com/146/story/460.html|title=The McClatchy Company Newspapers: The Fresno Bee|publisher=The McClatchy Company|accessdate=2006-12-27] C.K.'s only son Carlos McClatchy became "The Fresno Bee"'s first editor. [cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchy.com/100/story/340.html|title=About the McClatchy Company: History |publisher=The McClatchy Company|accessdate=2007-05-31] The two Central Valley newspapers, closely linked by family ownership and editorial philosophy, formed the core of what later grew into The McClatchy Company. In 1926, the McClatchys purchased an older Fresno newspaper, "The Republican". "The Fresno Republican" had been founded in 1876, by Dr. Chester A. Rowell and a group of investors that included inventor and entrepreneur Frank Dusy. In 1932, "The Bee" took over the subscription lists of "The Fresno Republican" and merged the newspapers.

The paper launched its website in 1996; in November 2005, the paper integrated its online operations into the paper's other departments. The "Bee" was following the example of "The New York Times" and other newspapers hoping to combine the creative strengths of the worlds of digital and print journalism.

References

External links

* [http://www.fresnobee.com/ FresnoBee.com official website]
* [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001434563 "Fresno Bee" Latest to Merge Online, Print Units] , a November 2005 article from Editor & Publisher