The Desert Dispatch is a weekly newspaper in Barstow, California, USA covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events.
The newspaper is published once a week.
The Desert Dispatch newspaper covers local news, events and life in the city of Barstow and across San Bernardina County in Southern California. It's Sunday edition is called the Press Dispatch.
The paper was founded in 1910 and acquired by Thomson Newspapers in 1978. Freedom Communications acquired the Dispatch in 1995. In March 2014, New Media Investment Group (owner of Gannett Company) bought the Desert Dispatch and the Victorville Daily Press from Freedom Communications for $8 million.
Circulation estimate: 4,556
This newspaper is owned by Gannett Company, Inc.
For Desert Dispatch contact information, see the California news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
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-- In February 2014, Steve Hunt was named editor of the Desert Dispatch. He replaced David Keck who left to become sports editor of the Times of Northwest Indiana.
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