San Diego CityBeat was an alternative weekly newspaper in San Diego, California, that focused on local progressive politics, arts, and music. It was published every Wednesday and distributed around San Diego County, although with a focus on the city of San Diego itself, with a weekly circulation (as of January 2011) of 49,750.[1]
| Owner(s) | Times Media Group |
|---|---|
| Ceased publication | September 4, 2019 |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California |
| Circulation | 49.750 (2011) |
History
editSouthland Publishing purchased SLAMM magazine, a music biweekly, from publisher Kevin Hellman in 2002. It planned to target young, educated readers in San Diego, an audience whose needs, Southland's owners felt, were not being met by the other two major publications in San Diego, the San Diego Union Tribune and the San Diego Reader. David Rolland, a journalist and editor with more than 10 years experience, was named editor of CityBeat, while Hellman, the former publisher of SLAMM, was named the entertainment/promotions manager of the new weekly.[2] Hellman, who organizes the annual North Park Music Thing music festival and San Diego Music Awards, is the weekly's publisher.[3] CityBeat continues to sponsor the San Diego Music Awards, which was initially organized by Hellman's SLAMM magazine.[citation needed]
Rolland appeared on the Editor's Roundtable, a radio show on local public radio station, KPBS, from 2004. The addition of Rolland and other local editors to the show's guest list led Bob Kittle, then editor of the San Diego Union Tribune editorial page, and the editors of the San Diego Voice and Viewpoint and San Diego Metropolitan magazine, who until then had been the show's only panelists, to leave the show.[4][5][6]
Rolland left CityBeat in March 2015.[7][8] He was replaced by Ron Donoho, who was fired in November 2016 and replaced with Seth Combs.[9]
Times Media Group acquired CityBeat in August 2019, fired Combs within a month, and stopped publishing soon after.[10] As of 2024 the paper remains closed.
Awards
editIn 2013 and 2014, Kelly Davis and Dave Maass co-authored a series of stories in CityBeat on dozens of deaths in San Diego county jails between 2007 and 2012 and citing its extremely high county-jail mortality rate. In 2014 Davis and Maass won two journalism awards for this reporting: first place for investigative reporting at the Association of Alternative Newsmedia's AAN Awards, and first place for investigative/enterprise reporting in the non-daily category from the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.[11] In 2017, county attorneys subpoenaed Davis for her work, a measure that was seen as city officials stifling criticism and intimidating investigative journalism.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
References
edit- ^ "San Diego CityBeat - AltWeeklies.com". www.altweeklies.com.
- ^ "SLAMM Reincarnating as San Diego CityBeat - Industry News - AltWeeklies.com". posting.altweeklies.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Robert P. Laurence (January 29, 2004). "Three leave 'Editors Roundtable'". San Diego Union-Tribune. p. B4:7.
- ^ KPBS Abrogated Its Duty to Maintain Objectivity and Balance In Its Local Public Affairs Television Programing by Cancelling The Full Focus Program
- ^ "Remembering Bob Kittle's Editor's Roundtable Tantrum". Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
- ^ "Longtime Editor Leaves San Diego CityBeat". 11 March 2015.
- ^ "David Rolland Leaves San Diego CityBeat". 12 February 2015.
- ^ "San Diego CityBeat Fires Editor Amid Budget Concerns". 30 November 2016.
- ^ "San Diego CityBeat Editor Laid off; Arizona Owners Spark Fears". 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Daily Business Report — July 17, 2014, San Diego Metro Magazine". 17 July 2014.
- ^ Board, The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial (2018-05-07). "Endorsement: Omar Passons for San Diego County supervisor". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Pickoff-White, Lisa; Small, Julie (2016-08-22). "When Jail Becomes a Death Sentence | KQED". www.kqed.org. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Dotinga, Randy (2018-03-30). "County Loses Another Bid to Haul a Journalist Into Court". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Dotinga, Randy (2018-02-24). "County Lets Reporter Off Hook But Still Challenges Her '60 Dead Inmates' Series". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Report: SD inmate suicides 'staggeringly' high". ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV. 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Trust In Law Enforcement Key To San Diego County Sheriff's Race". KPBS Public Media. 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "San Diegos Sheriff should be investigated not the reporter who the high number of in custody deaths in that countys jails". Retrieved 2024-05-07.[dead link]
- ^ "Dozens of San Diego inmates dead, a journalist subpoenaed after reporting on it". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Payton, Mari; Jones • •, Tom (2018-02-08). "County Lawyers Demand Research, Notes From Local Journalist". NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Board, The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial (2018-05-18). "Endorsement: Bill Gore for San Diego County sheriff". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
