Santa Monica Daily Press

The Santa Monica Daily Press (SMDP) is a free daily newspaper, website, newsletter and podcast in Santa Monica, California. Established in 2001 by Dave Danforth, Carolyn Sackariason, and Ross Furukawa, today it is published by Furukawa and Todd James. SMDP is the only local daily newspaper in the city, with a print circulation of 8,500 (Monday–Friday), an email newsletter reaching over https://smdp.com/newsletter/ subscribers (Monday–Saturday) with a 74% open rate, and a news website consisting of over 40k pages of local news that generates 600,000 to 1.2 million page views per month. Operating on an advertising-supported model, 89% of its readership is located within an eight-mile radius of downtown Santa Monica, with a demographic profile skewing toward high-income, highly educated individuals with above-average disposable income. ()