Santa Cruz Sentinel

Santa Cruz Sentinel
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
OwnerDigital First Media
FounderJohn McElroy
Founded1855 (as the Monterey Sentinel)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters100 Pioneer Street #C1, Santa Cruz, California United States
Circulation14,664 Daily
16,189 Sunday (as of 2022)[1]
ISSN1531-0817
OCLC number44628929
Websitewww.santacruzsentinel.com
Free online archivescdnc.ucr.edu (1884-2010)

The Santa Cruz Sentinel is a daily newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California, covering Santa Cruz County, California,[2] and owned by Media News Group, which is controlled by Alden Global Capital.[3]

History

On June 2, 1855, John McElroy published the first edition of the Monterey Sentinel in Monterey, California.[4][5] McElroy was an Ohioan who fought in the Mexican–American War. He had worked at other papers in Los Angeles and Placerville before starting one of his own.[6] After a year in business, McElroy was approached by Albion Jordan, who co-owned a lime manufacturer. Jordan offered to freely move the printing plant to Santa Cruz and McElroy accepted. The press was transported aboard a schooner named "Queen of the West."[6]

The Monterey Sentinel relocated in May 1856.[7][8] The first issue of the new Pacific Sentinel was published in Santa Cruz on June 14, 1856.[9][6] At that time the paper had 89 paid subscribers in a county of 1,219 persons.[10] The paper's name was later changed for a third time to the Santa Cruz Sentinel.[6] McElroy published the paper with several different partners over the following eight years including Duncan McPherson.[6] The McPherson family would own and operate the paper for 118 years.[11]

In 1982, the Sentinel merged with Ottaway Community Newspapers, a division of Dow Jones & Company.[12] In October 2006, Dow Jones sold the paper to Community Newspaper Holdings.[13][14] On February 2, 2007, the Sentinel was sold again to MediaNews Group.[15][16] The MediaNews Group formed Digital First Media in 2013 when it merged with Journal Register Company. The company is controlled by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Bay Area News Group Market Book" (PDF). Dropbox. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, Ca) 2000-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Folkenflik, David (May 21, 2021). "'Vulture' Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers". National Public Radio. Retrieved December 1, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ "Monterey Sentinel". The Placer Herald. Rocklin, California. June 2, 1855. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Vol. 1, No.1". Monterey Sentinel. June 2, 1855. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Sentinel Is 100 Years Old". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. June 17, 1956. p. 30.
  7. ^ "Newspaper Removal". The Nevada Journal. Nevada City, California. May 30, 1856. p. 2.
  8. ^ "Notice". The Empire County Argus. Coloma, California. May 31, 1856. p. 2.
  9. ^ "New California Paper". Chico Weekly Chronicle-Record. Chico, California. June 21, 1856. p. 2.
  10. ^ "Sentinel Is 100 Years Old". Santa Cruz Sentinel. June 17, 1956. p. 30.
  11. ^ Hattis, PK (June 16, 2023). "Supervisor Bruce McPherson to retire at end of third term". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  12. ^ "The Sentinel, Ottaway Newspapers Merge". Santa Cruz Sentinel. April 13, 1982. p. 1.
  13. ^ "Dow Jones to sell Traverse City newspaper, five others". The Bay City Times. Bay City, Michigan. Associated Press. October 31, 2006. p. 8.
  14. ^ "CNHI to acquire 6 dailies from Dow Jones". Community Newspaper Holdings. November 1, 2006. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  15. ^ "MediaNews buys Santa Cruz Sentinel". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Associated Press. February 3, 2007. p. 60.
  16. ^ "MediaNews Group, Inc. acquires Santa Cruz Sentinel". Community Newspaper Holdings. February 2, 2007. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
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