Marin Independent Journal
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | MediaNews Group, et al. |
| Publisher | Rob Devincenzi |
| Editor | Robert Sterling |
| Founded | March 23, 1861 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 4000 Civic Center Dr #301 San Rafael, California |
| Circulation | 30,041 Sunday 27,027 Daily |
| Sister newspapers | San Jose Mercury News, Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times |
| ISSN | 0891-5164 |
| OCLC number | 61313188 |
| Website | http://www.marinij.com/ |
The Marin Independent Journal is the main newspaper of Marin County, California. The paper is owned by California Newspapers Partnership which is in turn mostly owned by MediaNews Group.
The Independent Journal was formed from the merger of the Marin Journal and the San Rafael Daily Independent in 1948. The weekly Journal, one of the state's oldest newspapers, had been established in 1861 as the Marin County Journal. The Journal was published in San Rafael on Saturdays by Jerome A. Barney. The Independent had been started by Harry Granice in 1900 as the weekly San Rafael Independent, which became a daily by 1903 under the management of his daughter, Celeste Granice Murphy. The merged paper was originally called the San Rafael Independent-Journal.
Gannett acquired the paper from the Brown family in 1980. MediaNews Group acquired the paper from Gannett in 2000.
In 2002, former President George H. W. Bush described "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh as "some misguided Marin County hot-tubber." His comment prompted criticism among readers of the Marin Independent Journal, until Bush sent the paper a letter of apology:
Staff of the Marin Independent Journal have won the following recent awards:
General Excellence
Freedom of Information
Editorial Pages
Editorial Cartoon
Sports Story
Sports Photo
Sports Writing
Feature Writing
Graphics
Spot News Coverage
The Marin Independent Journal prices are: 75¢ daily, $1.25 Sunday.
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