San Antonio Current

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Background

The San Antonio Current was founded in 1986 by Linda Matys O'Connell and Geoff O'Connell as a free alternative weekly serving the San Antonio area. After changing hands multiple times during the 1990s, it was sold to Times-Shamrock Communications in 2000. Euclid Media Group, a Cleveland-based company that operated a portfolio of alternative weeklies, acquired it in December 2013. When Euclid Media Group dissolved in August 2023, four of its titles — including the Current — were purchased by Chava Communications, a media company created by San Antonio entrepreneurs Michael Wagner and Cassandra Yardeni Wagner; the other acquired titles were Cleveland Scene, Orlando Weekly, and Creative Loafing Tampa. The Current is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) and has long operated in the tradition of alternative weeklies, which typically take progressive editorial stances and emphasize arts, culture, and investigative or advocacy-oriented local journalism. Media Bias/Fact Check rates it as left-biased with a high factual reporting record. Coverage of the Trump administration's second term (beginning January 2025) has been consistently critical, including stories challenging administration claims about economic wins and reporting on the negative local impact of immigration enforcement.

Sources

1. San Antonio Current – Wikipedia
2. San Antonio Current – Bias and Credibility – Media Bias/Fact Check
3. San Antonio's Chava Communications buys the Current and three other publications
4. Chava Communications to Run Four AAN Member Publications – AAN Publishers
5. San Antonio – Chava Communications
6. Trump officials try to take credit for Toyota's San Antonio expansion – San Antonio Current
7. Trump deportations hurting Texas with rising prices, job losses – San Antonio Current

Profile compiled 2026-08-13; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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