| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Sonoma Media Investments LLC |
| Editor | Richard Green |
| Founded | 1897 (as theSonoma Democrat) |
| Headquarters | Santa Rosa, California |
| Circulation | 22,000 Daily 29,000 Sunday[1] |
| Sister newspapers | Sonoma Index-Tribune,Argus-Courier |
| ISSN | 0747-220X |
| Website | pressdemocrat |
| Free online archives | cdnc.ucr.edu (1875-1928) |
The Press Democrat is a dailynewspaper published inSanta Rosa, California. It has the largest circulation inCalifornia's North Bay.
The newspaper was started in 1897 by Ernest L. Finley. He combinedEvening Press and Thomas Thompson'sSonoma Democrat (originally created as a voice for theDemocratic Party). Finley also bought theSanta Rosa Republican in 1927 and brought it together with thePress Democrat in 1948.