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The Mercury News

The Mercury News is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1][2] As of March 2013, it was the fifth largest daily newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 611,194.[3]

History

The Mercury News has a rich history dating back to its inaugural publication in 1851. As the last remaining English-language daily[4] newspaper chronicling the events of the Santa Clara Valley, the newspaper has witnessed and documented the region's evolution over the years. The transition to its current name, The Mercury News, occurred in 1983 following a series of mergers.[5]

The Mercury News Media

  • The New Almaden mercury mine near San Jose

  • A postcard depicting the San Jose electric light tower

  • The Mercury and Herald front page on the afternoon of April 19, 1906, describes the state of destruction after the earthquake in San Francisco, including the destruction of the Examiner and Call buildings.

  • The Mercury News headquarters from 1967 to 2014 is now Supermicro Green Computing Park.

  • Logo of the San Jose Mercury News from 1983 to 2016

  • Logo of Viet Mercury from 1999 to 2005

  • The Mercury News's parent company was headquartered at the Knight-Ridder Building in downtown San Jose from 1998 to 2006.

  • "The Mercury News" stickers have been affixed to San Jose Mercury News vending machines.

  • The Mercury News headquarters in downtown San Jose

References

  1. ↑ "The Mercury News Comes Clean". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/14/opinion/the-mercury-news-comes-clean.html. 
  2. ↑ Roundup, A. WSJ com News (2001-03-06). "San Jose Mercury News Plans To Lay Off Some Workers" (in en-US). The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660 . https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB983905256362905366. Retrieved 2023-12-12. 
  3. ↑ "Six Bay Area Newspapers to Consolidate Into Two". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/business/media/six-bay-area-newspapers-to-consolidate-into-two.html. 
  4. ↑ "Home". History San Jose. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  5. ↑ Beales, Benjamin Bronston (1943-09-01). "The San Jose Mercury and the Civil War". California Historical Society Quarterly. 22 (3): 223–234. doi:10.2307/25155794. ISSN 0008-1175.


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