The Mercury News
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The Mercury News (formerly San Jose Mercury News, often locally known as The Merc) is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is published by the Bay Area News Group, a subsidiary of Media News Group which in turn is controlled by Alden Global Capital, a vulture fund.[6][7] As of March 2013[update], it was the fifth largest daily newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 611,194.[8][9] As of 2018[update], the paper has a circulation of 324,500 daily and 415,200 on Sundays.[10] As of 2021,[update] this further declined. The Bay Area News Group no longer reports its circulation, but rather "readership". For 2021, they reported a "readership" of 312,700 adults daily.[11]
The Newspaper of Silicon Valley[1] | |
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Digital First Media (Alden Global Capital) |
Founder(s) | John C. Emerson et al.[2] |
Publisher | Sharon Ryan[3] |
Editor | Frank Pine[3] |
Managing editor |
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Opinion editor | Ed Clendaniel |
Founded | June 20, 1851; 172 years ago (1851-06-20) (as San Jose Weekly Visitor) |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 75 E. Santa Clara Street, Suite 1100 San Jose, California 95113 U.S.[4] |
Circulation | 93,302 Daily 150,686 Sunday (as of 2022)[5] |
ISSN | 0747-2099 |
OCLC number | 145122249 |
Website | mercurynews |
First published in 1851, the Mercury News is the last remaining English-language daily newspaper covering the Santa Clara Valley. It became the Mercury News in 1983 after a series of mergers. During much of the 20th century, it was owned by Knight Ridder. Because of its location in Silicon Valley, the Mercury News has covered many of the key events in the history of computing, and was a pioneer in delivering news online.[12] It was the first American newspaper to publish in three languages (English, Spanish, and Vietnamese).[13]