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Ventura Newspaper Inc. Buys San Diego's SLAMM

Owner of Ventura County Reporter and Pasadena Weekly also changes it's name to Southland Publishing, Inc.

june 4, 2002  04:46 pm
Ventura Newspaper, Inc. parent company of the Ventura County Reporter and Pasadena Weekly, has announced that it has changed its name to Southland Publishing, Inc. and has purchased a biweekly music publication in San Diego, California.

Southland Publishing, Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase SLAMM Music Magazine in San Diego, an 8-year-old biweekly tabloid, specializing in local and national music coverage.

"SLAMM has been an important voice in support of the music scene in San Diego for a long time," said David Comden, Southland's group publisher. "This will be an exciting relationship."

SLAMM has a controlled circulation of 35,000 copies throughout San Diego County and is an Arts and Entertainment member of AWN.

Contact: David Comden 805.658.2244
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