Carmel Pine Cone

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First Issue of the Carmel Pine Cone
(February 3, 1915)
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Paul Miller
PublisherPaul Miller
Founded1915
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Pacific Grove, CA Monterey County United States
Circulation 19,000
OCLC number 28146037
Website www.carmelpinecone.com

The Carmel Pine Cone is a small weekly Californian newspaper. [1] It serves the city of Carmel-by-the-Sea and the surrounding Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Valley and Big Sur region of Monterey County in central California. The paper is known for red-baiting. [2] [3] Despite not having a digital presence, a PDF of the printed newspaper is available weekly online. The Pine Cone celebrated its centennial edition in February 2015.

Contents

History

The Pine Cone was founded in 1915 by William Overstreet who proclaimed in the first four-page edition of 300 copies, "we are here to stay!" [4] By 1924, the Pine Cone moved into the De Yoe Building, opposite of the Carmel Post Office. [5] Overstreet sold the paper in 1926 to J.A. Easton. The offices move to the Goold Building from 1970 to 2000. [6] [7]

In 1926 writer and activist Perry Newberry was the editor of the Pine Cone and successfully ran for the office of city trustee, the equivalent of mayor. [8] Newberry was the paper's co-publisher until he sold it in 1935. [9]

From the Ella Winter page: "Carmel was sharply divided between conservative and liberal factions; the latter quickly coalesced around the Steffens, who publicly debated the most controversial topics. The Irish poet and folklorist Ella Young, as well as the local press, described the relaxed social intercourse in this counterculture world. In 1928 the Steffens helped to create The Carmelite, a publication that was offered as an alternative to the town’s somewhat stodgy local paper, the Carmel Pine Cone."

Pine Cone publisher Allman Cook announced on August 21, 1969, that he'd sold the newspaper to John Mustard and Wayne Everton, owners and publishers of The Squire, a community weekly in Lafayette. Everton became the general manager, and Mustard, the publisher

In 1973 the newspaper was purchased by the Donrey Media Group and in June 1973 Clifford Butler became General Manager, also overseeing operations of the Carmel Valley Outlook and launching a tourism weekly publication Time Out on the Monterey Peninsula. During that time the operations also published the first two books by cartoonist Bill Bates, Serras Place I and II (1974-1975). The well-known American cartoonist Frank O'Neal served as the newspaper's advertising manager for 2 years. Al and Judy Eisner purchased the newspaper from Donrey Media in mid-1976. Michael Butowitsch served as editor of the Pine Cone between 1974 and 1976. Photographer Ansel Adams frequently visited the Pine Cone donating photos for the newspaper's cover.

In 1983, the Pine Cone was converted from a paid newspaper to a free one by owners Al and Judy Eisner. Veteran CBS and NBC network news producer Paul Miller became publisher in 1997. In 2005, after failing to convince city officials to rezone a potential site for the Pine Cone's operation, he moved the paper's production offices to Pacific Grove, while maintaining a reduced news staff in downtown Carmel. The paper is no longer made in Carmel, as the last Carmel office was closed in 2009.

In 2007, the paper began offering an Adobe Acrobat (*.PDF) version of its complete newspaper on the Internet, which has attracted more than 23,000 subscribers, in addition to the newspaper's weekly print circulation of approximately 18,500.

Awards

Every year, the paper gives Golden Pine Cone awards to local organizations, businesses, and individuals in categories related to arts, recreation, and dining. [10]

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  2. ↑ Marcus, Josh (2020-07-04). "The lost story of Langston Hughes in Carmel highlights how racism has and hasn't changed". SFGATE. Retrieved 2024-01-20. Carmel Pine Cone, a local paper known for red-baiting
  3. ↑ Wilner, Paul (2018-07-05). "Celebrated poet Langston Hughes spent quality time in Carmel, with the help of a wealthy local patron". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 2024-01-20. it drew a predictable backlash from red-baiting outlets like the Sun and the Pine Cone.
  4. ↑ "1915 Oakland Tribute reference to founding of Carmel Pine Cone in 1915 by William Overstreet - Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  5. ↑ Hale, Sharron Lee (1980). A Tribute to Yesterday: The History of Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, Point Lobos, Carmelite Monastery, and Los Burros. Santa Cruz, California: Valley Publishers. pp. 92, 95. ISBN   9780913548738 . Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  6. ↑ "Murphy Gets Contract". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 24 May 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  7. ↑ Richard N Janick (February 3, 2003). "Department Of Parks And Recreation" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  8. ↑ Lindsey, Robert (July 1, 1984). "Carmel's Charm Resists the Tide of Change". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  9. ↑ Hale, Sharron Lee (1980). A Tribute to Yesterday: The History of Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, Point Lobos, Carmelite Monastery, and Los Burros. Santa Cruz, California: Valley Publishers. pp. 54–55. ISBN   9780913548738 . Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  10. ↑ "The 2017 Golden Pine Cones". www.pineconearchive.com. Retrieved 2019-04-19.

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