News & Review
| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Chico Community Publishing, Inc.; Coachella Valley Independent LLC |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Headquarters | Chico CA, Sacramento CA and Reno NV |
| Website | newsreview renonr |
The News & Review is a group of free alternative weekly newspapers published by Chico Community Publishing, Inc. of Chico, California. The company publishes the Chico News & Review in Chico, California, the Sacramento News & Review in Sacramento, California, and, through January 30, 2022, the Reno News & Review in Reno, Nevada. On January 31, 2022, the Reno News & Review was sold to Coachella Valley Independent LLC.
The chain started out as an on-campus newspaper for California State University, Chico called The Wildcat, but after a dispute with the administration, the newspaper moved off campus to become an independent publication.
Print publication of the newspapers was temporarily suspended after publisher Jeff vonKaenel told employees on March 16, 2020, that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a drastic downturn in advertising revenue that had already been in decline. Although a digital presence was maintained on the three newspapers' websites, much of the staff was laid off with the publication of editions dated March 19, 2020.
However, beginning in July 2020, the Sacramento News & Review and Chico News & Review returned to newsstands with monthly issues. The Sacramento News & Review was forced to suspend print publication once again in January 2021. The Chico News & Review continued printing monthly issues until announcing in December 2023 that its last physical edition will be printed January 11, 2024. Afterward its content will strictly run online.
The Sacramento News & Review remains online-only. The Reno News & Review resumed print publication as a monthly starting with the June 2022 issue.