About the Weekly

The mission of Monterey County Now and Monterey County Weekly is to inspire independent thinking and conscious action, etc.

As the largest-circulation newspaper in one of the most spectacular counties in America, Monterey County Weekly has long been recognized for its thoughtful, provocative and engaging coverage of news, arts and entertainment. Founded in 1988, the newspaper has received scores of California and national newspaper awards since its inception. Good journalism has proved to be good for business too, as Monterey County Weekly today out-circulates the national-owned daily papers in the market, and our digital products, called Monterey County Now, share the latest news daily. 

Every Thursday, the print edition of Monterey County Weekly delivers insight to our readers and offers advertisers access to the most highly sought-after demographic in the market. We have become a media organization built for the 21st century. In addition to our weekly print newspaper, we also publish a daily email newsletter and local news, entertainment and events daily on our website, Monterey County Now.

By almost any measure, Monterey County is an incredibly desirable market. The circulation area of the print edition includes Big Sur, Pebble Beach, Carmel, Carmel Valley, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Seaside, Marina, Moss Landing, Prunedale, Salinas and the expansive Salinas Valley. With the largest industry (agriculture) feeding the world and the second-largest industry (hospitality) drawing visitors from around the world, Monterey County has an outsized global presence. Marine research, the evolving Fort Ord National Monument, expanding tech sector and regional influences from Silicon Valley all make this a fascinating community to live and work in, and to report on.

PRINT: Monterey County Weekly and the Best of Monterey Bay® Magazines

Monterey County Weekly has over 56,000 readers per week with over 20,000 copies of the print edition available every Thursday. We are the largest circulated print publication in Monterey County.

Our six Best of Monterey Bay® publications are annual glossy magazines that have a circulation of over 200,000 each year: Visitors Guide; Family, a summer camp magazine; Wedding Guide; Living Well, a senior resource guide; Haven (a lifestyle publication); and the food magazine Eat + Drink.

WEB: http://www.montereycountynow.com

Over 250,000 page views each month, with over 107,000 unique visitors. News, classifieds, entertainment, videos, blogs, etc. Online since 1996.

E-NEWSLETTERS: Over 53,267 subscribers to our newsletter.

Subscribe at http://www.montereycountynow.com/subscribe 

For years, our unofficial focus has been on a triple-bottom line: People, planet and profits. 

That is reflected through Monterey County Gives!, a partnership between Monterey County Weekly, the Community Foundation for Monterey County and the Monterey Peninsula Foundation that solicits donations from readers and raises money for local nonprofits at year-end. Since 2009, Monterey County Gives! has raised and donated over $67 millions. (Read more and donate starting every November at www.montereycountygives.com.)

It also includes investment into our building infrastructure. We were the first newspaper in the country to have 100 percent of our electricity generated from solar energy (2007) and the first existing building in the tri-county area to obtain the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Platinum certification (2013). We've got solar panels on the roof of our Seaside headquarters. (Check out the carbon offset on our Sunny Portal.)

More than a third of our staff have worked at the Monterey County Weekly for more than 15 years. Our employee benefit package includes both a 401(k) match and profit sharing. We provide seasonal deliveries of local, organic produce and memberships at a local fitness center. 

The business model remains: Good journalism is good business. 

What's next? We'll do our best to live our mission every day, to continue to inspire independent thinking and conscious action, etc. 

Monterey County Weekly

668 Williams Ave.

Seaside, CA 93955

Main: 831-394-5656 Fax: 831-394-2909 E-mail: frontdesk@montereycountynow.com

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