Santa Barbara Daily Sound

The "Santa Barbara Daily Sound" is a daily newspaper in Santa Barbara, California that is published six days a week. It is distributed through newspaper racks and in stores, coffee shops, restaurants, schools and major workplaces. The founder and publisher is Jeramy Gordon, former managing editor of the "Palo Alto Daily News". Gordon was 23 when he founded the paper.

The "Daily Sound" published its first color edition on September 11, 2006.

The "Daily Sound" launched its Saturday edition September 8, 2007

The "Daily Sound" launched home delivery on April 29, 2008

Legal Issues

Less than four months after publishing its first edition, the Santa Barbara Daily Sound received a letter from David Millstein, a San Francisco-based lawyer for the Santa Barbara News-Press, claiming that the Daily Sound's banner looked too much like the News-Press' [ [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/toc/2006/toc200610 Vanity Fair] ] and that it had to be changed. Gordon said that not only did the News-Press attorney demand a change in the look of the Daily Sound banner, but asked that it consider a name change, perhaps to the Los Angeles Daily Sound.

In late June and early July 2007, Santa Barbara County Public Defender Karen Atkins issues three subpoenas to Daily Sound employees, [ [http://www.thedailysound.com/2007/07/defender-subpoenas-publisher.html Santa Barbara Daily Sound] ] including Editor and Publisher Jeramy Gordon, demanding they turn over all photographs in the paper's possession depicting a March 14, 2007 gang melee that left a 15-year-old dead and 14-year-old charged with his murder. The Daily Sound refused to hand over the photos citing the First Amendment and California's Shield Law, [ [http://www.thedailysound.com/2007/07/column-why-not-just-hand-over-photos.html Santa Barbara Daily Sound] ] but eventually gave in amid growing legal costs and possible fines that would likely shut down the paper. [ [http://www.thedailysound.com/2007/08/daily-sound-hands-over-photos.html Santa Barbara Daily Sound] ]

Honors

* The Pacific Coast Business Times listed the Daily Sound in the Number 4 spot of the Top 10 companies to watch in 2007.
* California State Assembly Member Pedro Nava recognized the Daily Sound with an Assembly Certificate of Recognition on their 1-year anniversary, March 23, 2007.
* Jeramy Gordon was named to the Tri-County's 40 Under 40 list of business executives on Oct 3, 2008.

External links

* [http://www.thedailysound.com "Santa Barbara Daily Sound" official Web site]
* [http://penpressclub.org/2006/03/former-palo-alto-editor-starts-new.html#links Peninsula Press Club write-up about the "Daily Sound"]
* [http://penpressclub.org/2006/03/publisher-delivers-new-newspaper.html#links Peninsula Press Club "Publisher Delivers New Daily"]
* [http://free-daily.blogspot.com/2007/09/santa-barbara-free-daily-adds-saturday.html#links Free-Daily.com "Santa Barbara Free Daily Adds Saturday"]

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