The Argus-Courier is an American weekly paid newspaper which serves the city of Petaluma and surrounding Sonoma County, California . It is published weekly on Friday, with an estimated circulation of 7,400.
3-474: It is edited by Don Frances. The Courier traces its history to 1876, with its establishment by W. M. Shattuck, and after a series of sales was purchased in 1900 by the Olmsted family. The Argus dates back to 1859, founded by J. J. Pennypacker. The two papers co-existed for some time, with their respective leadership playing prominent roles in the newly formed North of Bay Counties Press Association. In 1928,
6-476: The Argus-Courier in 2001. The New York Times Company sold its regional papers to Halifax Media in 2012; Halifax sold the Argus-Courier to Sonoma Media Investments later that year. Argus-Courier reporting has been featured in national news reporting, as with the story of Petaluma resident Polly Klaas's murder, where the paper served as a source of reporting, and its staff served as commentators on
9-671: The Olmsteds bought the Argus , and the Argus-Courier was first issued in July 1928 after the merger of the two papers. In 1995, the Olmsted family sold the paper to Scripps League Newspapers . In 1993, the paper, which had been daily since 1928, cut down to a two day a week schedule, citing financial pressures. The move left Santa Rosa's Press Democrat as the county's only daily. Pulitzer Publishing Company bought Scripps League for about $ 230 million in 1996. The New York Times Company bought
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