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Pacific Publishing Company

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American commercial printer and newspaper publisher

Pacific Publishing Company
Founded1990
FounderTom Haley
Headquarters location636 South Alaska Street, Suite E2Seattle, Washington 98108
OwnerPeter Bernhard
Official websitepacificpublishingcompany.com

ThePacific Publishing Company is aSeattle-based commercial printer andnewspaper publisher. The company publishes newspapers inWashington and along withGreat Basin Sun in Nevada andNevada Rancher magazine.

History

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Houston media executive Tom Haley and five other investors formed Pacific Publishing Company (PPC) in 1990 to purchase the assets of 14 newspapers inKing County, Washington with a combined circulation of 126,000 and 135 employees.[1] From John Murray, owner of Murray Publishing Company, PPC purchased theQueen Anne News,Magnolia News,Masonic Tribune,The Issaquah Press,The Issaquah Valley Shopper andArgus Weekend.[1] From John Flaherty, owner of Flaherty Newspapers, PPC purchased theBeacon Hill News,Capitol Hill Times,University Herald,The North Central Outlook,TheMercer Islander,Madison Park Times,South District Journal andSeattle's Police Beat.[1]

In 1995, PPC soldThe Issaquah Press toThe Seattle Times Company. The paper closed in February 2017 after publishing more than 6,000 editions over 117 years.[2]

By 2000, PPC had nine publications with a combine total circulation of 90,000 and employed 43 full-time workers and eight part-timers.[3]

In 2005, Haley sold PPC to Peter Bernhard, who owned several community newspapers in Nevada.[4]

In January 2007, PPC soldThe Kirkland Courier to King County Publications, a subsidy ofSound Publishing, and it was renamed toThe Kirkland Reporter.[5] PPC originally purchasedThe Kirkland Courier in 1992, which at that time was a free weekly newspaper with a 17,000 circulation.[6]

PPC ran into financial difficulty during the globalGreat Recession of 2007–2009, selling theCapitol Hill Times in July 2009 to Washington Legal Journal, alegal notice publisher.[7]

In January 2012, PPC shut down itsSouth Seattle Beacon andNorth Seattle Herald-Outlook community newspapers.[8]

PPC reacquired theCapitol Hill Times on Jan. 1, 2015 from RIM Publications, the publishing wing of the foreclosure services company that took it over from PPC in 2012. PPC also acquired RIM's last two remaining Washington papers: theMonroe Monitor and Valley News andThe Eatonville Dispatch.[9]

TheCapitol Hill Times, founded in 1926, ceased as of 2020.[10] A year laterTheMonroe Monitor, founded in 1899, was merged into theSnohomish County Tribune in November 2021.[11]

Nevada News Group

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Nevada News Group is a division of PPC operating inNevada. Prior to 2022, Nevada News Group published six community newspapers along with a business publication and a ranching magazine.[12]

On Aug. 1, 2019, PPC acquired the assets of four publications from Sierra Nevada Media Group: theNevada Appeal in Carson City, TheRecord-Courier in Gardnerville, theFallon Lahontan Valley News and theNorthern Nevada Business View in Reno. Nevada News Group was to operate these papers along with the other titles it published at the time: theWinnemucca Humboldt Sun,Battle Mountain Bugle,Lovelock Review-Miner,Fallon and Fernley Mailbox News, andNevada Rancher magazine.[13][14]

On June 15, 2022, Owner/Publisher Peter Bernhard announced theWinnemucca Humboldt Sun,Battle Mountain Bugle andLovelock Review-Miner would be merged into a single publication called theGreat Basin Sun.[15] Bernhard attributed this to the February 2022 closing of Press Works Ink, a printing press in Carson City owned byOgden Newspapers that printed all of PPC's Nevada newspapers.[16] As a result of the press closure, PPC moved the printing of its Nevada newspapers out of state to Wesco Graphics inTracy, California.[12]

In January 2025, PPC sold Nevada News Group to Eagle Valley Publishing. The sale included theNevada Appeal,The Record-Courier, theLahontan Valley News andNorthern Nevada Business Weekly. PPC retained ownership ofGreat Basin Sun in Winnemucca andNevada Rancher magazine.[17]

Commercial Printing

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PPC's Commercial Web Printing Division was first started within Murray Publishing in 1976. The facility is located near downtown Seattle at 636 S. Alaska Street, inSoDo near Georgetown. Pacific Publishing maintains two lines of cold-set web press operating 24 hours a day six days a week.[18]

Newspapers

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Newspapers owned by Pacific Publishing Company
StateService areaNewspaperWebsite
WashingtonSouth Pierce CountyThe Dispatchdispatchnews.com
Madison Park, SeattleMadison Park Timesmadisonparktimes.com
Queen Anne &
Magnolia, Seattle		Queen Anne & Magnolia Newsqueenannenews.com
Everett,Monroe andSnohomishSnohomish County Tribunesnoho.com
NevadaCarson CityNevada Appealnevadaappeal.com
GardnervilleThe Record-Courierrecordcourier.com
Carson CityFallon Lahontan Valley Newsnevadaappeal.com/news/lahontan-valley
WinnemuccaGreat Basin Sungreatbasinsun.com
RenoNorthern Nevada Business Weeklynnbw.com

References

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  1. ^abcStricherz, Vince (August 16, 1990)."Publisher Is Thinking Big In Smaller Way -- Recent Purchase Involves 14 Local Papers, Shoppers".The Seattle Times. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2023.
  2. ^McIntosh, Andrew (January 19, 2017)."Seattle Times Co. plans closure of Issaquah Press Group community newspapers".Puget Sound Business Journal. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2023.
  3. ^Bishop, Todd (November 19, 2000)."Way with words: After a decade, Pacific Publishing continues to evolve".www.bizjournals.com. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2023.
  4. ^"Tom Haley announces retirement as president of Pacific Publishing Company Inc".Queen Anne & Magnolia News. March 3, 2014. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2023.
  5. ^Dietrich, Heidi (May 13, 2007)."Kirkland paper changes hands".Puget Sound Business Journal. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2023.
  6. ^"Pacific Media Purchases Weekly Kirkland Courier".The Seattle Times. January 10, 1992. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2023.
  7. ^Carder, Justin (July 6, 2009)."Capitol Hill Times newspaper assets sold to legal notice publisher".Capitol Hill Seattle. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2023.
  8. ^Carder, Justin (January 10, 2012)."New ownership readies a revamped Capitol Hill Times".Capitol Hill Seattle. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2023.
  9. ^Cohen, Byran (January 6, 2015)."Foreclosure company exits the Capitol Hill newspaper business".CHS Capitol Hill Seattle News. RetrievedFebruary 6, 2023.
  10. ^Westneat, Danny (April 24, 2021)."Stopping the presses, again: The story ends for 2 more century-old Seattle newspapers".The Seattle Times. RetrievedFebruary 6, 2023.
  11. ^"The Monroe Monitor and The Snohomish County Tribune Merge"(PDF).Monroe Business Guide. Pacific Publishing Company. 2022. p. 7. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2023.
  12. ^abPernhard, Peter (February 7, 2022)."Record-Courier changing printers, will move mid-week distribution to Wednesdays".The Record-Courier. RetrievedFebruary 6, 2023.
  13. ^"Pacific Publishing acquires Northern Nevada Business View and associated Nevada publications".Northern Nevada Business Weekly. August 1, 2019. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2023.
  14. ^"Swift Communications, owner of the Sierra Sun, sells four Nevada newspapers".The Sierra Sun. August 1, 2019. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2023.
  15. ^Bernhard, Peter (June 15, 2022)."PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Changes coming to newspaper print editions, Name will change to 'Great Basin Sun' next week".Nevada News Group. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2023.
  16. ^Bernhard, Peter Bernhard (February 5, 2022)."Nevada Appeal, Record-Courier changing printers".Nevada Appeal. RetrievedFebruary 6, 2023.
  17. ^"Eagle Valley Publishing purchases Nevada Appeal, Lahontan Valley News".Nevada Appeal. January 3, 2025. RetrievedJanuary 6, 2025.
  18. ^"The Printing Division".Pacific Publishing Company. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2023.

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