| Santa Cruz Sentinel | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Foundation: | 1856 |
| Owners: | Digital First Media |
| Circulation: | 14,664 Daily 16,189 Sunday |
| Circulation Date: | 2022 |
| Circulation Ref: | [1] |
| Headquarters: | 324 Encinal Street, Santa Cruz, California United States |
| Website: | santacruzsentinel.com |
The Santa Cruz Sentinel is a daily newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California, covering Santa Cruz County, California, and owned by Media News Group, which is controlled by Alden Global Capital.[2]
Ottaway Community Newspapers, a division of Dow Jones & Company bought the paper in 1982 from the McPherson family. Community Newspaper Holdings bought the Sentinel in late 2006 from Ottaway,[3] but quickly sold it, February 2, 2007, to MediaNews Group.[4] 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.[2]