Atascadero News CA

The Atascadero News is a weekly printed newspaper and daily online publication based in Atascadero, San Luis Obispo County, California. It serves the residents of northern San Luis Obispo County. The newspaper is operated by News Media Corporation, with a readership primarily in Atascadero and surrounding communities, including Templeton, Creston and Santa Margarita. Edward Gardner Lewis founded Atascadero as a planned, utopian community in 1913. News Media Corporation (NMC) is a newspaper corporation that was founded in 1975 by John C. Tompkins. It publishes 76 different newspaper titles in nine states across the United States. Currently, it operates in smaller cities and towns with populations between 5,000 and 50,000. In 2012, NMC created a new strategic business unit called News Media Digital, which is responsible for the organization's digital marketing and advertising ventures.