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History

Marinscope, Inc. was founded by Paul Anderson and his wife Billie in 1971. In 1998,

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bought Marinscope from Anderson. In 2008, Marinscope bought the newspaper ''

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'' from Scripps Enterprises, a company in

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. In March 2015, ''Marinscope Community Newspapers'' was bought by Sherman Frederick, who used to publish the ''

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'', and his wife Christina. Marinscope Community Newspaper became part of

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, a company owned by Frederick that publishes newspapers in Northern Nevada. In 2016, Marinscope purchased the ''Pacifica Tribune'' from

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. In 2020, the ''Pacifica Tribune'' was sold to Coastside News Group, owner of the ''

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''.Coastside News Group buys Pacifica Tribune
October 8, 2020 The Coastside-based California benefit corporation that owns the Half Moon Bay Review has added a second newspaper to its portfolio. The Coastside News Group Inc. announced on Thursday that it had purchased the Pacifica Tribune. The six newspapers published by Marinscope Community Newspapers are ''

'', ''Sausalito Marin Scope'', ''Mill Valley Herald'', ''San Rafael News Pointer'', ''Twin Cities Times'', and the ''Ross Valley Reporter''.

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* {{official website, https://marinlocalnews.com American companies established in 1971 Companies based in Marin County, California Weekly newspaper companies of the United States Mass media in Marin County, California