Marinscope Community Newspapers

Marinscope Community Newspapers

Industry	Media (Newspapers)
Founded	1971 (1971) in Marin County, California
Founder	Paul Anderson
Headquarters	Marin County, California
Products	Novato Advance Sausalito Marin Scope Mill Valley Herald San Rafael News Pointer Twin Cities Times Ross Valley Reporter Pacifica Tribune
Parent	Battle Born Media
Website	marinlocalnews.com

Marinscope Community Newspapers is a chain of six weekly newspapers in Marin County, California.

History

Marinscope, Inc. was founded by Paul Anderson and his wife Billie in 1971.[1] In 1998, business magnate Vijay Mallya bought Marinscope from Anderson.[2][3] In 2008, Marinscope bought the newspaper Novato Advance from Scripps Enterprises, a company in Charlottesville, Virginia.[3]

In March 2015, Marinscope Community Newspapers was bought by Sherman Frederick, who used to publish the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and his wife Christina.[2] Marinscope Community Newspaper became part of Battle Born Media, a company owned by Frederick that publishes newspapers in Northern Nevada.[4] In 2016, Marinscope purchased the Pacifica Tribune from Bay Area News Group.[5] In 2020, the Pacifica Tribune was sold to Coastside News Group, owner of the Half Moon Bay Review.[6]

The six newspapers published by Marinscope Community Newspapers are Novato Advance, Sausalito Marin Scope, Mill Valley Herald, San Rafael News Pointer, Twin Cities Times, and the Ross Valley Reporter.[2]

References

1. India Today International. Vol. 23. Living Media. p. 92. Retrieved 2015-07-06. Established in 1971 by Paul Anderson and his wife Billie. The Marin Scope Group of Newspapers started with Marin Scope as its flagship publication. In subsequent years the Andersons added four more publications — Mill Valley Herald, Ross Valley Reporter, San Rafael News Pointer and Twin Cities Times.
2. Wolfcale, Joe (2015-03-25). "Marin weeklies acquired by Nevada publisher/owner". Marinscope Community Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
3. Prado, Mark (2008-09-23). "Novato Advance saved in acquisition by news chain Marin Scope". Marin Independent Journal. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
4. "Marinscope weeklies sold to Nevada newspaper publisher". Marin Independent Journal. 2015-03-26. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
5. "Who's buying? Recent sales reflect changing market realities". Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
6. Coastside News Group buys Pacifica Tribune, October 8, 2020 The Coastside-based California benefit corporation that owns the Half Moon Bay Review has added a second newspaper to its portfolio. The Coastside News Group Inc. announced on Thursday that it had purchased the Pacifica Tribune.

External links

• Official website