Parlier Post
{{Orphan|date=October 2019}}
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| name = Parlier Post
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| ceased publication = {{End date|2018}}
| foundation = {{Start date|1983}}
| publisher = Mid Valley Publishing, Inc.
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The Parlier Post was a newspaper that covered Parlier, California area. Founded in 1983,{{Cite news|url=https://thebusinessjournal.com/parlier-post-newspaper-cease-publication-35-years/|title=Parlier Post newspaper to cease publication after 35 years - The Business Journal|date=2018-01-16|work=The Business Journal|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en-US}} the Post ceased its publication in 2018{{Cite web|url=http://californiapublisher.ca.newsmemory.com/?startWithTab=editions|title=Parlier Post Signs Off|last=|first=|date=Winter 2018|website=California Publisher|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 23, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/5/301/31050|title=Parlier Post newspaper - MondoTimes.com|website=www.mondotimes.com|access-date=2018-10-23}} citing rising production costs and lower advertising revenues.{{Cite web|url=https://cnpa.com/parlier-post-goes-out-of-print/|title=Parlier Post goes out of print – CNPA|website=cnpa.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-23}}
The newspaper was owned by Mid Valley Publishing, Inc. and was a community publication of the Reedley Exponent, a weekly newspaper with a circulation of 3,400.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/5/301/16344|title=Reedley Exponent newspaper - MondoTimes.com|website=www.mondotimes.com|access-date=2018-10-23}}
History
The first reference of to a newspaper titled "Parlier Post" in Fresno County dates back to 1952.{{Cite book|title=California: Past, Present, Future|last=|first=|publisher=California Almanac Company|year=1955|isbn=|location=University of California|pages=390}} This Parlier Post was founded in 1952 by W. J. Anderson and sold one year later to James W. Fairweather, owner of the Reedley Exponent.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24787623/fresno_county_newspapers_sold/|title=Fresno County Newspapers Sold - Newspapers.com|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en}} The Library of Congress published a page associated with this historical Parlier Post.{{Cite news|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98061809/|title=Parlier post.|access-date=2018-10-24}}
In 2016, Amy Wu of the post-1983 Parlier Post won an honorable mention for a Gruner Award for Public Service in the category of Public Service for her story “School district takes heat over misdeeds and misdemeanors.”{{Cite news|url=https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article62583387.html|title=Bee’s Castillo wins Gruner Award for public-service journalism|work=fresnobee|access-date=2018-10-24|language=en}}