On Oct. 15, 1937, the first edition of
The Victor Press was published by John E. Barry and his wife Betsy Barry. Barry went on to write several novels that he sold to publishers in London and taught a journalism class at
Victor Valley College. He retired from the business in September 1958 after selling his half-interest to Murray S. Flander. Two years later, Flander sold his stake in June 1960 to Mrs. Jerene Appleby Harnish, owner of
The Daily Report and president of the KASK radio station in
Ontario, California. Frank Barnett, former partner of Flander, sold two-thirds of his 30% stake to Harnish, giving her 70% ownership. In 1978,
Freedom Communications bought the
Daily Press, and sold it, along with the
Desert Dispatch of
Barstow, for $8 million to
New Media Investment Group in 2014. The
Dispatch was absorbed into the
Daily Press in 2017. The company transferred ownership to
GateHouse Media, which it merged with
Gannett in 2019. In March 2024, the
Daily Press deceased the number of weekly print editions to two and switched from carrier to postal delivery. ==References==