''The Monterey County Herald'', sometimes referred to as the ''Monterey Herald'', is a daily

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published in

Monterey, California Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under bo ...

that serves

Monterey County Monterey County ( ), officially the County of Monterey, is a county located on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 439,035. The county's largest city and county seat is Salinas. Montere ...

. In December, 2013, the Herald's parent company

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merged to become

Digital First Media MNG Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Digital First Media and MediaNews Group, is a Denver, Colorado-based newspaper publisher owned by Alden Global Capital. The company has been growing its portfolio and as of May 2021, owns over 100 newspa ...

. In the year to come, the paper underwent a "reorganization plan" which included a redesign of both the newspaper and website, the move of newspaper production out-of-area, as well as a change in editor.

History

''The Monterey County Herald'', with offices in downtown

, was produced at Ryan Ranch on the

Monterey Peninsula The Monterey Peninsula anchors the northern portion on the Central Coast of California and comprises the cities of Monterey, Carmel, and Pacific Grove, and the resort and community of Pebble Beach. History Monterey Monterey was founded in 17 ...

from 1990–2014. It previously appeared as ''The Monterey Peninsula Herald'', with editorial offices on Pacific Street in

. The newspaper was founded and long published by Colonel Allen Griffin, and its long-time editor-in-chief was

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. Kennedy, as an

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correspondent, had won celebrity, and considerable criticism, in the closing days of

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by announcing

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's surrender one day before that announcement was supposed to have been made. A small monument in Monterey memorializes him for having given the world an extra day of peace. In 1967, the newspaper was bought by

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. In 1992 the paper was acquired by the

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in exchange for the ''

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'', which Block merged into its own ''

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''. Scripps traded the paper, along with ''The'' (San Luis Obispo) ''Tribune'', to

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in 1997, in exchange for the ''

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''. Knight Ridder was later purchased by the

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-based

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in June 2006 in a deal valued at $4.5 billion. The deal was contingent on McClatchy selling off 12 of the 32 newspapers it had just purchased, including ''The Monterey County Herald ''. On April 26, 2006, it was announced that MediaNews Group, headed by

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, would purchase four of the "orphan 12," including the ''Herald'', the ''

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'' and ''

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'', for $1 billion. In December 2013, MediaNews Group and 21st Century Media merged to create a new company operating under the name of its parent company, Digital First Media. In 2013, the ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'' joined the same community newspaper division for Digital First Media as the Monterey Herald. The two newspapers now share a common publisher, advertising director and circulation director. In August 2014, ''The Monterey Herald'' moved from its 24-year location in Ryan Ranch to a renovated headquarters on Garden Road in Monterey.

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