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The Press Democrat, with the largest circulation on the California North Coast (North Coast, California), is a daily newspaper published in Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa, California), California. It was founded in 1897 by Ernest L. Finley who merged his Evening Press and Thomas Thompsons Sonoma Democrat (originally created as a voice for the Democratic Party (Democratic Party (United States))). 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 bough 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 (George Polk Awards) for Regional Reporting given annually by Long Island University to honor contributions to journalistic integrity and investigative reporting.
Type: Daily newspaper
Format: Broadsheet
Foundation: 1897,(as the ''Sonoma Democrat'')
Price: $0.25 daily in Santa Rosa and Petaluma; $0.50 daily elsewhere
Owners: The New York Times Company
Publisher: Bruce W. Kyse
Editor: Catherine Barnett
Managing Editor: Robert L. Swofford
Circulation: 83,424 Daily,84,014 Sunday
Headquarters: 427 Mendocino Avenue,Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa, California), California 95401,USA
Issn: 0747-220X
Website: pressdemocrat.com/