King City Rustler
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = King City Rustler
| type = Weekly newspaper
| foundation = {{Start date|1901}}
| owners = New SV Media Inc.
| editor = Ryan Cronk
| circulation = 2,850
| headquarters = 522B Broadway, King City, CA 93930 (Monterey County)
| website = {{URL|https://kingcityrustler.com/}}
| sister newspapers = Soledad Bee, Greenfield News, Gonzales Tribune, Gilroy Dispatch
}}
The King City Rustler is a publication that serves King City in southern Monterey County, California. The newspaper covers local news, sports, events, business, community and agriculture.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/5/5384/16317|title=King City Rustler newspaper - MondoTimes.com|website=www.mondotimes.com|access-date=2018-10-26}} The King City Rustler was purchased in July 2019 by California publisher New SV Media, whose products also include the Greenfield News, Soledad Bee, Gonzales Tribune, Gilroy Dispatch, Morgan Hill Times and Hollister Free Lance.{{Cite web|url=https://kingcityrustler.com/article/california-publisher-buys-king-city-rustler|title=California publisher buys King City Rustler|website=kingcityrustler.com|accessdate=2019-04-24}} Prior to that, it was owned for 23 years by the Illinois-based News Media Corporation, which specializes in community newspapers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsmediacorporation.com/|title=News Media Corporation {{!}} The Leader in Community Newspapers|last=@mattkoyak|website=www.newsmediacorporation.com|access-date=2018-10-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://kingcityrustler.com/article/california-publisher-buys-king-city-rustler|title=California publisher buys King City Rustler|website=kingcityrustler.com|accessdate=2019-04-24}} It is published every Wednesday with an estimated circulation of 2,850.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/5/5384/16317|title=King City Rustler newspaper - MondoTimes.com|website=www.mondotimes.com|access-date=2018-10-23}}
In 2017, Ryan Cronk was named editor and he is the current managing editor.{{Cite web|url=https://cnpa.com/editor-ryan-cronk-transfers-up-highway-101/|title=Editor Ryan Cronk transfers up Highway 101 – CNPA|website=cnpa.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-23}}
History
The King City Rustler was first published May 11, 1901. It was originally published by Frederick Godfrey Vivian under Vivian & Co.{{Cite news|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98061945/|title=The King City rustler.|access-date=2018-10-23}} was owned by the Vivian-Casey family, passing from founder Fred Vivian to his daughter Beatrice Vivian Casey and grandson Harry Casey{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-04-1974-879915/|title=Other-Articles-Apr-04-1974-879915 {{!}} NewspaperArchive®|website=newspaperarchive.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-23}} until 1995, when it was sold to News Media Corporation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/73940833/?terms=king+city+rustler|title=1 Apr 1995, Page 16 - Santa Cruz Sentinel at Newspapers.com|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en}}
Founder Fred Vivian was a scribe whose dream was to bring the Salinas Valley under irrigation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/95881498/?terms=king+city+rustler|title=2 Sep 1928, Page 32 - Oakland Tribune at Newspapers.com|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en}} He first decided to publish a sheet on the irrigation prospects of King City and the surrounding area. He was known as "Visionary Vivian" and often offended the local land barons whose land grants he dreamed of cutting up and turning into small farms.{{Cite web|url=https://cal-press.wildapricot.org/hall-of-fame_frederick-godfrey-vivian|title=California Press Foundation - Hall-of-Fame_Frederick-Godfrey-Vivian|website=cal-press.wildapricot.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-23}} Due to his efforts and the publication of a special "Irrigation Edition" of the paper, Vivian was appointed to membership on the state advisory board in 1911 and attended the Irrigation Congress in Chicago.{{Cite web|url=http://www.norcalmediamuseum.org/?page_id=538|title=Frederick Godfrey Vivian {{!}} Northern California Media Museum|website=www.norcalmediamuseum.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-26}} Today, the publication maintains a "Focus on Agriculture" section.{{Cite web|url=https://kingcityrustler.com/focus-on-agriculture|title=King City Rustler {{!}} Focus on Agriculture|website=kingcityrustler.com|access-date=2018-10-26}}
In 1929, the King City Rustler became a bi-weekly publication.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/103601401/?terms=king+city+rustler|title=9 Oct 1929, Page 19 - Oakland Tribune at Newspapers.com|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en}}
News Media Corporation purchased the paper in 1995 and sold it in July 2019 to California publisher New SV Media, whose products also include the Greenfield News, Soledad Bee, Gonzales Tribune, Gilroy Dispatch, Morgan Hill Times and Hollister Free Lance.{{Cite web |last=Lyon |first=Mike |date=2019-07-03 |title=California publisher buys South County newspapers |url=https://greenfieldnews.com/california-publisher-buys-south-county-newspapers/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Greenfield News |language=en-US}}
Awards
Founder Fred Vivian and grandson Harry Casey are both members of the California Newspaper Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://cal-press.wildapricot.org/hall-of-fame_harry-casey|title=CA Newspaper Hall of Fame- Harry Casey}}{{Cite web|url=https://cal-press.wildapricot.org/hall-of-fame_frederick-godfrey-vivian|title=CA Newspaper Hall of Fame- Frederick Vivian}}