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''The Press Democrat,'' with the largest circulation in the California North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), is a daily newspaper published in Santa Rosa, California. The paper received the 2004 George Polk Award for Regional Reporting given annually by Long Island University to honor contributions to journalistic integrity and investigative reporting. Annie Wells of the ''Press Democrat'' won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography "for her dramatic photograph of a local firefighter rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters."〔http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/1997-Spot-News-Photography〕 ==History== It was founded in 1897 by Ernest L. Finley who merged his ''Evening Press'' and Thomas Thompson's ''Sonoma Democrat'' (originally created as a voice for the Democratic Party). Finley also bought the ''Santa Rosa Republican'' in 1927 and merged it with the ''Press Democrat'' in 1948. Ernest L. Finley, his wife Ruth, daughter Ruth, and son-in-law Evert Person owned and published the "PD" between 1897 and 1985. Evert and Ruth Finley Person sold the paper to The New York Times Company in 1985. It is currently owned by Sonoma Media Investments, LLC after being purchased from Halifax Media Group.〔()〕 The New York Times Company bought the paper from the Finley family in 1985, as well as the ''North Bay Business Journal'', and the ''Petaluma Argus-Courier'' which were also purchased by the Halifax Media Holdings LLC. Halifax resold its California papers at the end of 2012 to a local ownership group that includes Douglas H. Bosco.〔(Local group to buy The Press Democrat, affiliated publications )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Press Democrat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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