About The Santa Monica Daily Press

The Santa Monica Daily Press was founded on November 13, 2001 to be a local, Santa Monica newspaper.

We're members of the Associated Press, the California Newspaper Association and, of course, the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce.

Our mission is to inform and educate our readers about ongoing issues that affect the quality of life and business in Santa Monica. We are the forum people go to find out about what's happening politically and in terms of a great place to eat that's in the neighborhood.

We want to be a point of reference in the community - one that allows those in government to connect with the people and allows the people to connect with those in government.

The Santa Monica Daily Press recognizes that Santa Monica is small in area and has a population of less than 100,000 people so that it is easily lost in Los Angeles media.

We understand, however, that Santa Monica has its own voice and we intend to allow that voice to be heard.

We are hard news oriented, focusing on local issues that affect all of Santa Monica's 84,000 residents.

When the Outlook folded in 1998, Santa Monica lost its only newspaper. In 2001, The Times closed its Westside Weekly section, thereby eliminating most of the coverage of local Santa Monica issues.

The Santa Monica Daily Press wants to continue in that tradition and be the newspaper where Santa Monica residents go when they want to know what's going on in the city.

The Santa Monica Daily Press' parent company, Newlon Rouge, was founded by three partners - Dave Danforth, Ross Furukawa and Carolyn Sackariason - all of whom have extensive newspaper backgrounds.

All three partners worked together at the Aspen Daily News, where Ross was the Publisher and Carolyn was the Editor-in-Chief. Newlon Rouge is associated with ten other free daily newspapers, all of which focus on local, hard news.

As part of the Santa Monica community, the Santa Monica Daily Press supports local, grassroots charities, such as The Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica, and has established a scholarship program for local high school students that will be studying journalism in college.

We intend to be as integral to the Santa Monica community as the ocean and the beach.

When local news happens, we intend to be there.