The Holland Sentinel Explained

The Holland Sentinel
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Foundation:, as The Holland Daily Sentinel
Owners:Gannett
Editor:Cassandra Lybrink
Circulation:4,417 Daily
6,616 Sunday
Circulation Date:2022
Circulation Ref:[1]
Headquarters:54 West Eighth Street,
Holland, Michigan 49423, United States
Issn:1050-4044

The Holland Sentinel is a newspaper published six days a week in Holland, Michigan, United States, founded in 1896. It is published by Gannett.

The newspaper covers most of Ottawa County, including Holland, Beechwood and Zeeland, as well as northern Allegan County, Michigan, including Douglas and Saugatuck.

History

Originally an afternoon paper published six days a week, the Sentinel moved to Saturday mornings and then added a Sunday edition in the late 1980s. In the late 1990s, the paper adopted a morning format for all seven days.

Before adopting the name The Holland Sentinel, it was called The Holland Evening Sentinel (1928–1977),[2] and before that the Holland Daily Sentinel.[3]

The paper was formerly owned by Stauffer Communications, which was acquired by Morris Communications in 1994.[4] Morris sold the paper, along with 13 others, to GateHouse Media in 2007.[5] In 2019, GateHouse announced it was acquiring Gannett to become the country's largest newspaper chain in the United States.[6]

In the mid 1980s, the Sentinel was a satellite publishing site for the Chicago Tribune.

In the early 2000s, printing operations were moved to the Allegan, Michigan, facilities of The Flashes, a weekly advertising only newspaper that Morris Communications had purchased a few years prior. The paper is now published in Detroit.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-02-01 . 2022-2023 Michigan Press Association Member Directory . 2023-04-22 . Michigan Press Association . en-US.
  2. Web site: About The Holland Sentinel . Chronicling America . . May 18, 2012.
  3. Web site: About Holland Daily Sentinel . Chronicling America . . May 18, 2012.
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19940727&id=BQUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9TIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6854,5982097 Morris Communications buys Stauffer Communications
  5. http://morris.com/news/morris-publishing-completes-sale-publications-gatehouse-media Morris Publishing Completes Sale of Publications to GateHouse Media
  6. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gatehouse-gannett-merger-is-official-creating-largest-us-newspaper-chain-2019-11-19#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%20%E2%80%94%20GateHouse%20closed%20its,publications%20are%20in%20precipitous%20decline GateHouse, Gannett merger is official, creating largest U.S. newspaper chain