The December 22, 2006 front page of The Press Democrat |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | The New York Times Company |
| Publisher | Bruce W. Kyse |
| Editor | Catherine Barnett |
| Founded | 1897 (as the Sonoma Democrat) |
| Headquarters | 427 Mendocino Avenue Santa Rosa, California 95401 United States |
| Circulation | 83,424 Daily 84,014 Sunday[1] |
| ISSN | 0747-220X |
| Official website | pressdemocrat.com |
The Press Democrat, with the largest circulation on the California North Coast, is a daily newspaper published in Santa Rosa, California.
It was founded in 1897 by Ernest L. Finley who merged his Evening Press and Thomas Thompson's Sonoma Democrat (originally created as a voice for the Democratic Party). Finley also bought the Santa Rosa Republican in 1927 and merged it with the Press Democrat in 1948. It is currently owned by The New York Times Company, who bought the paper from the Finley family in 1985, as are the North Bay Business Journal, and the Petaluma Argus-Courier.
The paper received the 2004 George Polk Award for Regional Reporting[2] given annually by Long Island University to honor contributions to journalistic integrity and investigative reporting.
Annie Wells of the Press Democrat won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for "for her dramatic photograph of a local firefighter rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters."[3]
Ernest L. Finley, his wife Ruth, daughter Ruth, and son-in-law Evert Person owned and published the "PD" between 1897 and 1985. Evert and Ruth Finley Person sold the paper to The New York Times Company in 1985. The company also owns the Petaluma Argus Courier and recently acquired the North Bay Business Journal.[1]
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