Santa Cruz Sentinel

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

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Digital First Media
Founded	1856
Headquarters	100 Pioneer Street #C1, Santa Cruz, California United States
Circulation	14,664 Daily 16,189 Sunday (as of 2022)[1]
Website	santacruzsentinel.com

History

The paper was owned by the McPherson family from 1864 to 1982.^[3] Ottaway Community Newspapers, a division of Dow Jones & Company, bought the paper in 1982. Community Newspaper Holdings bought the Sentinel in late 2006 from Ottaway,^[4] but quickly sold it, February 2, 2007, to MediaNews Group.^[5] 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.^[2]