Anderson Valley Advertiser

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Anderson Valley Advertiser
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Independent
Publisher Bruce Anderson
EditorBruce Anderson
Founded1956
Headquarters Boonville, CA 95415
United States
Website theava.com

The Anderson Valley Advertiser is a digital newspaper covering Mendocino County. From the 1950s until 2024, it published a small weekly paper in the broadsheet format. [1]

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History

The Anderson Valley Advertiser (AVA) was founded in 1956 by Elizabeth and Steven Malgrem in Boonville, California. [2] The paper was purchased in 1983 by Bruce Anderson, [3] who expanded its national coverage. [2]

Anderson left the AVA in 2004 for Oregon where he tried to start another weekly. It failed and Anderson bought the AVA back in July 2007. The paper enjoyed a modest national circulation during its print run. It is now online only. Anderson describes himself as "a socialist with strong, nay overwhelming, anarchist instincts." [4]

Masthead

The old masthead in the print version billed the paper as "America's last newspaper." [1] It featured mottoes borrowed from the French Revolution and the Industrial Workers of the World:

Various quotations are distributed throughout every issue of the paper. Examples include:

Contributors

Contributors include:

Reference

  1. 1 2 3 4 Frederiksen, Justine (May 3, 2024). "Final print edition of the Anderson Valley Advertiser out this week". Ukiah Daily Journal . Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Anderson Valley Advertiser Records. Online Archive of California. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
  3. ↑ Gemperlein, Joyce (May 12, 1996). "A Really Free Press". The Philadelphia Inquirer . pp. 22, 23, 24, 31.
  4. ↑ Smith, Dave (October 22, 2014). "Mendocino Talking: Bruce Anderson". Anderson Valley Advertiser. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
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