Islands' Sounder

{{short description|Newspaper published in Eastsound}}

{{use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Islands' Sounder

| type = Weekly newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| owners = Sound Publishing

| founder = Al and Nickee Magnuson

| publisher = Colleen Smith

| editor =

| staff = Diane Craig

| foundation = 1964

| circulation = 1,170

| circulation_date = 2023

| circulation_ref = {{Cite web |date=2023-04-01 |title=Sound Publishing Media Kit 2023 |url=https://www.soundpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Sound_Media_Kit.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428084330/https://www.soundpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Sound_Media_Kit.pdf |archive-date=2023-04-28 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=soundpublishing.com}}

| website = {{URL|islandssounder.com}}

}}

The Islands' Sounder is a newspaper published in Eastsound in the U.S. state of Washington. It was founded as The Orcas Sounder in 1964 by Al and Nickee Magnuson.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Islands' Sounder|url=https://muckrack.com/media-outlet/islandssounder|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=Muckrack}} It was expanded from 15 issues per year to a weekly publishing schedule, and its name was changed to encompass the entire San Juan Islands archipelago.{{cite book |last1=Bagwell |first1=Steve |last2=Stapilus |first2=Randy |year=2013 |title=New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be |publisher=Ridenbaugh Press |location=Carlton, Oregon |isbn=978-0-945648-10-9 |oclc=861618089}}

The editor is Colleen Smith Armstrong.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Islands' Sounder|url=https://www.usnpl.com/search/newspapers?q=3288|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=United States Newspaper Listing}}

When founded by Al and Nickee Magnuson in 1964, the Sounder was the first competition for the Friday Harbor Journal since the San Juan Islander's demise in 1914.{{cite book |title=Magic Islands: A Treasure-trove of San Juan Islands Lore |last=Richardson |first=David |year=1995 |location=Eastsound, Wash. |publisher=Orcas Pub. Co. |url=https://archive.org/details/magicislands00davi/page/40/mode/2up }}

History

It was founded in 1964 by Al and Nickee Magnuson.

In 1974 it was renamed Islands' Sounder.

In 1985 it was sold to Ted and Kay Grossman and moved to a subscriber format.

It was bought by Sound Publishing, inc. in 1994.

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