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]
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