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Dave Price (publisher)
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Dave Price is an American journalist
who has edited, published and founded a number of free daily newspapers including the Palo Alto Daily News
in Palo Alto, California, the Daily Post
in Palo Alto, California
, the Aspen Times Daily in Aspen, Colorado
.
at Boulder, Price became a stringer for the Denver Post and had more front page bylines in 1983 than any other freelancer at the Post that year. In 1984, Price moved to Aspen, Colorado, and worked as a reporter at the Aspen Daily News. In 1987, Price became news director and morning anchor of KSNO-FM and KTYE-AM.
In 1988, Price returned to the newspaper business. He was asked by the publisher of the Aspen Times
weekly, Bil Dunaway, to launch a free daily newspaper to compete against the Aspen Daily News. On November 9, 1988, he launched the Aspen Times Daily and was that paper's founding editor.
In 1990, Price covered the arrest of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson
on sex assault charges. The charges were dropped after Price reported that the alleged victim was an undercover agent who fabricated the assault claim in order to give the district attorney a pretext for searching Thompson's Woody Creek ranch for drugs. Thompson reprinted some of Price's stories in his 1990 book Gonzo Papers, Vol. 3: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream and included Price on the book's Honor Roll.
In 1992, Price moved to suburban Cleveland, Ohio
, where he was city editor of the Morning Journal
.
In 1995, Price relocated in Northern California and co-founded the Palo Alto Daily News, another free daily newspaper. Within nine months the Daily News was in the black. At first, the Daily News was ignored or ridiculed by its competitors in the San Francisco Bay Area. However, the Daily News expanded and opened additional editions in the nearby cities of Redwood City, Burlingame, San Mateo and Los Gatos. The success of the Daily News inspired four copycat free dailies in the Bay Area.
In 2005, the parent company of the rival San Jose Mercury News
, Knight Ridder
, purchased the Palo Alto Daily News
and its four sister papers for $25 million. Price remained as publisher and, in May 2005, helped to start the East Bay Daily News
, a free daily serving Berkeley, California
, and surrounding areas. Price retired from the Daily News in December 2005.
In 2006, Price and Pavelich started a free daily newspaper in San Francisco, California, which they named, oddly enough, the San Francisco Daily. With an initial press run of 5,000 copies per day and a staff of eight, the new paper is using the same business model as the Palo Alto Daily News, which emphasized low cost, effective advertising for small businesses and, on the news side, aggressive local coverage coupled with a summary of news from outside the community.
In May 2008 Price and Palo Alto Daily News announced the creation of the Palo Alto Daily Post
, at the Palo Alto Daily News’s old offices in downtown Palo Alto. The first announced employee was former Daily News editor Diana Diamond
, later a columnist at the Palo Alto Weekly.
The New York Times did an in-depth report on the competition amongst Palo Alto newspapers, and much of the article focused on Price, who was described as a contrarian. Price said he considered the term a badge of honor.
Price lives in Palo Alto, California
, with his wife and their son.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
who has edited, published and founded a number of free daily newspapers including the Palo Alto Daily News
Palo Alto Daily News
The Daily News, originally the Palo Alto Daily News, is a free daily newspaper owned by MediaNews Group and located in Menlo Park. It was formerly published seven days a week and at one point had a circulation of 67,000...
in Palo Alto, California, the Daily Post
Palo Alto Daily Post
The Daily Post is a revival of the original Palo Alto Daily News, founded in 2008 by the Daily News’ founders Dave Price and Jim Pavelich. The Post is published Monday-Saturday and distributed in more than a dozen communities on the San Francisco peninsula...
in Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
, the Aspen Times Daily in Aspen, Colorado
Aspen, Colorado
The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 5,804 in 2005...
.
Background
Price began his career at age 15 at the Boulder (Colorado) Daily Camera, where he worked in the composing room and advertising. While at the University of ColoradoUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
at Boulder, Price became a stringer for the Denver Post and had more front page bylines in 1983 than any other freelancer at the Post that year. In 1984, Price moved to Aspen, Colorado, and worked as a reporter at the Aspen Daily News. In 1987, Price became news director and morning anchor of KSNO-FM and KTYE-AM.
Newspaper publisher and editor
Aspen Times
The Aspen Times is an 11,500-circulation, 7-day-a-week newspaper in the ski resort of Aspen, Colorado with a history dating back to 1881.-History:...
weekly, Bil Dunaway, to launch a free daily newspaper to compete against the Aspen Daily News. On November 9, 1988, he launched the Aspen Times Daily and was that paper's founding editor.
In 1990, Price covered the arrest of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 .He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to...
on sex assault charges. The charges were dropped after Price reported that the alleged victim was an undercover agent who fabricated the assault claim in order to give the district attorney a pretext for searching Thompson's Woody Creek ranch for drugs. Thompson reprinted some of Price's stories in his 1990 book Gonzo Papers, Vol. 3: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream and included Price on the book's Honor Roll.
In 1992, Price moved to suburban Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, where he was city editor of the Morning Journal
Morning Journal
The Morning Journal is a daily newspaper based in Lorain, Ohio. Originally the Lorain Journal, it was an afternoon paper which was historically more popular in an industrial town like Lorain, but switched to morning publication in the 1980s....
.
In 1995, Price relocated in Northern California and co-founded the Palo Alto Daily News, another free daily newspaper. Within nine months the Daily News was in the black. At first, the Daily News was ignored or ridiculed by its competitors in the San Francisco Bay Area. However, the Daily News expanded and opened additional editions in the nearby cities of Redwood City, Burlingame, San Mateo and Los Gatos. The success of the Daily News inspired four copycat free dailies in the Bay Area.
In 2005, the parent company of the rival San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News
The San Jose Mercury News is a daily newspaper in San Jose, California. On its web site, however, it calls itself Silicon Valley Mercury News. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group...
, Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006, it was the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers sold.- History :The corporate ancestors of...
, purchased the Palo Alto Daily News
Palo Alto Daily News
The Daily News, originally the Palo Alto Daily News, is a free daily newspaper owned by MediaNews Group and located in Menlo Park. It was formerly published seven days a week and at one point had a circulation of 67,000...
and its four sister papers for $25 million. Price remained as publisher and, in May 2005, helped to start the East Bay Daily News
East Bay Daily News
The East Bay Daily News was a free daily newspaper in Berkeley, California published 5 days a week with an average daily circulation of 10,000. The newspaper was founded May 20, 2005 by journalist Dave Price and Jim Pavelich, who also published the Palo Alto Daily News...
, a free daily serving Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
, and surrounding areas. Price retired from the Daily News in December 2005.
In 2006, Price and Pavelich started a free daily newspaper in San Francisco, California, which they named, oddly enough, the San Francisco Daily. With an initial press run of 5,000 copies per day and a staff of eight, the new paper is using the same business model as the Palo Alto Daily News, which emphasized low cost, effective advertising for small businesses and, on the news side, aggressive local coverage coupled with a summary of news from outside the community.
In May 2008 Price and Palo Alto Daily News announced the creation of the Palo Alto Daily Post
Palo Alto Daily Post
The Daily Post is a revival of the original Palo Alto Daily News, founded in 2008 by the Daily News’ founders Dave Price and Jim Pavelich. The Post is published Monday-Saturday and distributed in more than a dozen communities on the San Francisco peninsula...
, at the Palo Alto Daily News’s old offices in downtown Palo Alto. The first announced employee was former Daily News editor Diana Diamond
Diana Diamond
Diana Diamond is an American journalist who has edited a number of newspapers including the Palo Alto Daily News, and was a columnist at the Palo Alto Weekly. At the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, she was editor of their magazine, Valley Life Quarterly, and a columnist and editorial...
, later a columnist at the Palo Alto Weekly.
The New York Times did an in-depth report on the competition amongst Palo Alto newspapers, and much of the article focused on Price, who was described as a contrarian. Price said he considered the term a badge of honor.
Price lives in Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
, with his wife and their son.
Awards
- For two consecutive years (2003 and 2004), Price won the first place award for editorial writing from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for newspapers with a circulation between 25,001 and 75,000. In 2002, Price was second in this category.
- In 2001, Price won a first-place prize from the Peninsula Press Club for editorial writing, and his newspapers won nine awards from the PPC -- of which he happens to be director and website editor.
- In 2002, Price won a first-place prize from the PPC for page design, an honorable mention for another entry in the same category, and a second-place trophy for editorial writing. His newspapers won 20 awards from the club.
- In 2003, Price won a second-place award for editorial writing and an honorable mention for headline writing from the PPC. His newspaper won 10 PPC awards.
- In 2004, Price won a second-place award from the PPC for the web site www.paloaltodailynews.com and an honorable mention for editorial writing. His papers won 21 awards from the PPC.
- In 2008, Price won third-place awards for headline writing and page design for work at the San Francisco Daily (now known as the Daily Post).
- In 2010, Price won first-place awards for editorial writing and headline writing in the Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards. In the same contest, he also won the second-place award for headline writing, and shared a second-place award for news series and third-place award for continuing coverage.
- In 2011, Price won first-place and second-place awards for headline writing and a second-place for editorial writing in the Greater Bay Area Journalism contest. In the same contest, which was open to all Bay Area newspapers, The Post won eight awards.
External links
- The New York Times profiles Price and his competitors
- The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer visits the Palo Alto Daily News for a story entitled Giving it Away by Terence Smith
- Knight Ridder buys Daily News
- Daily News publishers ride into sunset
- Daily News turns 10, bloopers recalled
- Knight Ridder Launches New Free Daily Newspaper in East Bay