Antelope Valley Press
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Antelope Valley Newspapers |
| Publisher | William C. Markham |
| Founded | April 3, 1915 (as the Palmdale Post) |
| Headquarters | 37404 Sierra Highway Palmdale, California 93550  United States
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| Circulation | 17,836 daily 21,668 Sundays in 2011 |
| Website | avpress.com |
The Antelope Valley Press, colloquially referred to as the Valley Press or AV Press by its staff and Antelope Valley residents, is the largest-circulation daily newspaper in Palmdale, California, United States. It has been a family-owned business since beginning as a weekly newspaper in 1915.
The Valley Press covers the fast-growing Antelope Valley, especially the Palmdale/Lancaster Urbanized Area (a US Census Bureau defined term) and adjacent areas of north Los Angeles and southeastern Kern counties, including the upscale Los Angeles urban escapes of Acton and Agua Dulce.
Other adjacent areas the Valley Press occasionally covers, particularly for aerospace related stories and local high school and college level sports, include the Victor Valley, Bakersfield and the southern San Joaquin Valley, and the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Competitors in its market are the Daily News - Antelope Valley and the Los Angeles Times, both based in Los Angeles.
The Valley Press was founded by A.J. Hicks on Saturday, April 3, 1915 as the Palmdale Post. At the time, the Valley was home to about 3,500 people. Over the decades of the 20th century, the newspaper changed hands, and there were a few name changes as well. On May 4, 1950, the paper became known as the South Antelope Valley Press.
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