The Palisadian-Post will release its first new issue on May 4, the 98th anniversary of the founding of the paper, after the paper previously shut down following the Palisades fire. The paper has been purchased by Tim and Laura Schneider, founders of the Schneider Publishing Company.
“We want The Palisadian-Post to reflect and uplift the incredible work being done by the people and organizations of Pacific Palisades and to share their positive vision for the future of our beloved town,” Laura Schneider said in a press release.
The paper was founded by Telford Work, a USC journalism graduate, in 1928. The newspaper first started as the Palisadian, an eight-page weekly tabloid, and continued publishing for 92 years
“The Palisadian-Post was one of the longest standing institutions in the Pacific Palisades,” Tim Schneider said in an interview with Annenberg Media.
In 2013, Alan Smolinsky, a part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, bought the Palisadian-Post and told staffers he wanted to make the business profitable after years of the paper struggling.
But the paper faced more financial problems as it announced in 2023 that its print publication would be reduced from weekly to twice a month.
Then in late 2025, Smolinsky announced the paper was shutting down due to the impact of the Palisades fire on local businesses and the community. Many local businesses could no longer purchase advertisements and displaced readers no longer subscribed to the paper.
When the paper closed, Maryam Zar, chief executive of the Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce, said, “I don’t think people will be surprised, but I think people will be devastated,” in an interview with the LA Times.
The Pacific Palisades fire destroyed more than 2,600 businesses, with most being locally owned, according to Silvia Gonzalez from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute in a research study.
“We really believe that by providing a reliable source of community information, we’ll be able to help speed the recovery of Pacific Palisades, but beyond that, to be able to tell the stories of Palisadians, especially the comeback stories, and the stories of the people who are working so hard to rebuild the town,” said Tim Schnieder.
Now, the paper will relaunch primarily online with print editions on special occasions.
“You have to reach readers where they are, and so that means that a digital first approach is more likely to be able to help us reconnect with Palisadians,” said Tim Schnieder.