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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Newspaper in Santa Cruz, California From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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