Boca Raton News

{{Short description|Newspaper in Boca Raton, Florida}}

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| type = Daily newspaper

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| foundation = 1955

| ceased publication = August 23, 2009 (print, online)

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The Boca Raton News, owned by the South Florida Media Company, was the local community newspaper of Boca Raton, Florida. The paper began publication December 2, 1955, with a startup circulation of 1200, published by Robert and Lora Britt, and edited by Margert Olsson.[http://173.12.11.246/BocaData/BRN/1955/12-02-55.pdf "Boca Raton News - December 2, 1955 - Vol. 1 No. 1 - Page 1"]{{dead link|date=August 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} (PDF). Boca Raton Historical Society [http://www.bocahistory.org/boca_history/br_history_newpaper.asp archives] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904061230/http://www.bocahistory.org/boca_history/br_history_newpaper.asp |date=September 4, 2011 }}. Archived February 4, 2004. Initially a weekly publication, it later began daily operation.

Later self-titled The News,[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Lv9TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Co4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=rebecca%20st%20james%20premarital%20sex&pg=4124%2C437805 "Letters to the editors"] (see left side of page for masthead). The News (Boca Raton, Florida). pg. 12A. July 19, 1996. the paper attained a daily circulation of 35,000 throughout Palm Beach County, along with its website bocanews.com.

The paper was formerly owned by Knight Ridder, who sold the paper to Community Newspaper Holdings in 1997.[http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/1997/12/08/daily7.html Knight-Ridder closes on sale of Boca Raton News]{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95108758/anne-moncreiff-arrarte-knight-ridder/|last=Arrarte|first=Anne Moncreiff|title=Knight-Ridder sells The Boca Raton News, 2 other papers|date=October 31, 1997|work=The Miami Herald|access-date=February 16, 2022|page=1C|via=Newspapers.com}} CNHI sold the News to Michael Martin in 1999.{{cite book |editor1-last=Roberts |editor1-first= Gene |editor1-link=Gene Roberts (journalist) |editor2-last=Kunkel |editor2-first=Thomas |editor3-last= Layton |editor3-first=Charles |date=2001 |title=Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering |url=https://archive.org/details/leavingreadersbe00robe|url-access=registration |location=Fayetteville |publisher=University of Arkansas Press |isbn= 1610752325}} Martin sold the paper to Neal R. Heller and Arthur Keiser in 2001.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95111739/joseph-mann-two-local-investors/|last=Mann|first=Joseph|title=Two local investors purchase Boca Raton News|date=July 21, 2001|work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|access-date=February 16, 2022|page=17A|via=Newspapers.com}} Craig Swill of Coral Springs' Our Town News bought the paper in 2005.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95151086/our-town-to-buy-boca-raton-news/|title=Our Town to Buy Boca Raton News|date=May 29, 2005|work=The Miami Herald|access-date=February 17, 2022|page=6B|via=Newspapers.com}}

On Friday, August 21, 2009, The Boca Raton News staff was informed by its publisher that it would cease print publication as of Sunday, August 23, 2009.Furnari, Jack; Lyons, Doug (August 21, 2009). [http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/theslant/blog/2009/08/rip_the_boca_news.html "RIP -- The Boca Raton News"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606043417/http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/theslant/blog/2009/08/rip_the_boca_news.html |date=2013-06-06 }}. Sun-Sentinel:Talk Back South Florida blog. ()Norman, Bob (August 21, 2009). [http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/08/boca_news_on_the_block.php "UPDATED: Boca Raton News Shut Down"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609041243/http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/08/boca_news_on_the_block.php |date=2012-06-09 }}. Broward-Palm Beach New Times: Daily Pulp. () Initially it continued as an online only publication,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95110342/boca-raton-news-pulls-plug-on-print/|title='Boca Raton News' pulls plug on print, edition, goes online|date=August 23, 2009|work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|access-date=February 16, 2022|page=7B|via=Newspapers.com}} but was redirecting to a real estate site as of early 2018.

The Boca Raton Historical Society maintains a searchable digital archive of issues of The News from 1970 through 1995.[http://www.bocahistory.org/boca_history/br_history_newpaper.asp "Boca Raton Newspapers Collection: Boca Raton Historical Society News The Pelican Weekly Tattler"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904061230/http://www.bocahistory.org/boca_history/br_history_newpaper.asp |date=September 4, 2011 }}. Boca Raton Historical Society.

There are several hyperlocal news sources in Boca Raton to replace this publication including [https://bocapost.com The Boca Post].