Copley Press

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Copley Press is a privately held newspaper business, originally founded in Illinois, but now based in La Jolla, California. As of 2007, it publishes 2 daily, 1 weekly, and 1 bi-weekly newspaper. It was formerly the owner of KCOP Television in Los Angeles.

1 Pulitzer Prizes
2 Allegations of collaboration with CIA and FBI
3 Sales of Copley News Service, Papers and Other Properties
4 Publishers
5 Newspapers Published
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Pulitzer Prizes

2006 National Reporting: Copley News Service and The San Diego Union-Tribune (with notable work by Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer), for their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy Cunningham to prison in disgrace^[1]^[2]

Additionally, the San Diego Evening Tribune, predecessor of its flagship newspaper Union-Tribune, won Pulitzer Prizes in 1987 and 1979.

[edit] Allegations of collaboration with CIA and FBI

In the late 1970s, reports began surfacing in the American media that the Copley Press was being used as a front by the Central Intelligence Agency. Reporters Joe Trento and Dave Roman claimed that James S. Copley, who served as publisher until 1973, had cooperated with the CIA since its founding in 1947. They also reported that a subsidiary division, Copley News Service, was used in Latin America by the CIA as a front. Further, they said that reporters at the Copley-owned San Diego Union and Evening News spied on antiwar protesters for the FBI. They alleged that at the height of these operations, at least two dozen Copley employees were simultaneously working for the CIA. James S. Copley was also accused of involvement in the CIA-funded Inter-American Press Association.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

[edit] Sales of Copley News Service, Papers and Other Properties

Copley News Service was sold to Creators Syndicate by The Copley Press for an undisclosed price, taking effect July 1, 2008. On that date, Copley News Service was renamed Creators News Service.

Copley Press has been divesting itself of many of its assets in recent years, including newspapers it long owned in the Midwest. In December, the Union-Tribune reported The Copley Press was selling La Casa del Zorro, a resort it owned in Borrego Springs.

Copley Press continues to publish Today's Local News, a twice-a-week newspaper, in certain areas of North County. It also publishes the Borrego Sun, a twice-monthly newspaper in Borrego Springs.