Table 1.
Characteristics of sampled newspapers.
| NEWSPAPER | PUBLISHER | LANGUAGE | FREQUENCY | CIRCULATION | DISTRIBUTED |
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| Merced Sun-Star | McClatchy Company | English | Daily | 14,219 Daily 18,569 Sat |
Mailed Machines Stores |
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| Merced County Times | Mid-Valley Publications | English | Weekly | 5,600 | Free drops Local businesses Machines Mailed |
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| Atwater-Winton Times | Mid-Valley Publications | English | Weekly | 4,400 | Mailed Machines Local businesses |
| Hilmar Times | Mid-Valley Publications | English | Weekly | 5,000 | Mailed Machines Local Businesses |
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| Atwater Signala | McClatchy Company | English | Weekly | 13,000 | Inside Merced Sun-Star |
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| Chowchilla News | McClatchy Company | English | Weekly | 2,500 | Home delivery |
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| Livingston Chroniclea | McClatchy Company | English | Weekly | 13,000 | Home delivery |
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| Los Banos Enterprise | McClatchy Company | English | Weekly | 3,499 | Home delivery |
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| West Side Index | Mattos Newspapers Inc. | English | Twice per week | 7,500 | Mailed |
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| Gustine Press Standard | Mattos Newspapers Inc. | English | Twice per week | 7,500 | Mailed |
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| Turlock Journal | Morris Multimedia, Inc. | English | Three times per week | 18,500 | Racks Mailed Main office |
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| Dos Palos Sun | Dos Palos Publishing Co. | English | Weekly | 1,300 | Mailed Stores Supermarkets Machines |
| Fresno Bee | McClatchy Company | English | Daily | 157,546 Daily 180,043 Sunday |
Stores Machines Mailed |
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| Modesto Bee | McClatchy Company | English | Daily | 60,595 Daily 72,680 Sunday |
Mailed Stores Machines |
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| Vida en el Valle-Merced | McClatchy Company | Bilingual (English & Spanish) |
Weekly | 15,909 | Home delivery |
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