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 The front page of the October 17, 2007 edition of the North Bay Bohemian | |
| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid : Compact (newspaper) |
| Owner(s) | Weeklys |
| Publisher | Rosemary Olson |
| President | Dan Pulcrano |
| Editor | Daedalus Howell |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | 445 Center St Ste 4 Healdsburg, California 95448 United States |
| Circulation | 29,925[1] |
| Sister newspapers | Pacific Sun, Healdsburg Tribune, Good Times Santa Cruz, Metro Silicon Valley, East Bay Express |
| ISSN | 1532-0154 |
| Website | Bohemian.com |
The North Bay Bohemian is a weekly newspaper published in the North Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California, United States. The newspaper is distributed in Sonoma and Napa counties.
The newspaper began publication in 1979 as The Paper in the Guerneville area of western Sonoma County[2] by artist turned community journalist Nick Valentine and jazz pianist Bob Lucas.[3] Elizabeth Poole bought the struggling publication with family money shortly after its 1979 debut and owned it until its 1990 purchase by John Boland and James Carroll.[3][4]
The Paper was renamed the Sonoma County Independent in 1993 and published every other week under Boland and Carroll, who moved its offices to Santa Rosa. In 1994 the Independent was purchased by Weeklys, an independent group of three Bay Area alternative weeklies, and the publication frequency was changed to weekly.
In 2000, the newspaper was rebranded as the North Bay Bohemian and the circulation area was expanded to Marin and Napa counties.[5] In 2015, Weeklys acquired the Pacific Sun, which covered Marin County, and the Bohemian withdrew from Marin County.[6]
In September 2018, Stett Holbrook resigned as the publication's editor-in-chief.[7] In fall of 2019, longtime contributor Daedalus Howell became the editor.
- ^ "North Bay Bohemian". aan.org. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
- ^ Cahill, Greg; Giles, Gretchen; Templeton, David (September 2, 2003). "The Silver Anniversary: Looking back at a quarter century". North Bay Bohemian. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
- ^ a b Robinson, Frank (July 27, 2011). "The Paper's Founder Nick Valentine Dies in Australia". Sonoma West Times & News. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ Hurley, Maureen (July 28, 2011). "Remembering Nick Valentine & Phil Osborn at The Paper". Literrata. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ Iwan, Christine (October 5, 2000). "Sonoma County Independent Adopts New Identity". aan.org. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
- ^ Holbrook, Stett (May 13, 2015). "The 'Sun' Also Rises". North Bay Bohemian. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ Holbrook, Stett (September 26, 2018). "Fare Thee Well". North Bay Bohemian. p. 9. Retrieved January 21, 2019.