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The ''San Jose Mercury News'' is an American daily newspaper, published in San Jose, California. It is owned by Media News Group. The Mercury News encompasses all other Bay Area newspapers owned by Media News Group, including the ''Oakland Tribune'', ''Contra Costa Times'', ''Marin Independent Journal'', ''San Mateo County Times'', ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'', and 10 other local daily newspapers, each of which are branded as "an edition of the ''San Jose Mercury News''," which accounts for the newspaper's high circulation. ==History== The ''San Jose Mercury'' was founded in 1851 as the ''San Jose Weekly Visitor'', while the ''San Jose News'' was founded in 1883. In 1942, the ''Mercury'' purchased the ''News'' and continued publishing both newspapers, with the ''Mercury'' as the morning paper and the ''News'' as the evening paper. In 1983, the newspapers were merged into the ''San Jose Mercury News'', with morning and afternoon editions. The afternoon edition was later abandoned. The paper says that the name "Mercury" refers to the importance of the mercury industry during the California Gold Rush, when the city's New Almaden Mines (now Almaden Quicksilver County Park) were the largest producer of mercury in North America. The name has a dual meaning, as Mercury is the Roman messenger of the gods as well as the god of commerce and thieves, known for his swiftness, and the name ''Mercury'' is commonly used for newspapers without the quicksilver association. Because of its location in Silicon Valley, the ''Mercury News'' has covered many of the key events in the history of computing. Ridder bought the ''Mercury'' and ''News'' in 1952. Ridder merged with Knight to form Knight Ridder in 1974. On March 13, 2006 The McClatchy Company announced their agreement to purchase Knight Ridder. McClatchy decided that it would be expedient to explore the immediate resale of the ''Mercury News''. On April 26, 2006 it was announced that Denver-based MediaNews Group would buy the ''Mercury News''. However, on June 12, 2006, federal regulators from the U.S. Department of Justice asked for more time to review the purchase, citing possible anti-trust concerns over MediaNews' ownership of other newspapers in the region. Although approval by regulators and completion of MediaNews' acquisition was announced on August 2, 2006, a lawsuit claiming antitrust violations by MediaNews and the Hearst Corporation had also been filed in July 2006. The suit, which sought to undo the purchase of both the ''Mercury News'' and the ''Contra Costa Times'', was scheduled to go to trial on April 30, 2007. While extending until that date a preliminary injunction which prevented collaboration of local distribution and national advertising sales by the two media conglomerates, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston on December 19, 2006 expressed doubt over the legality of the purchase. On April 25, 2007, days before the trial was scheduled to begin, the parties reached a settlement in which MediaNews preserved its acquisitions. In September 2014 the ''Mercury News'' moved to downtown San Jose, leaving its purpose-built headquarters that opened in 1967. Cited as reasons for the move were that the printing presses were no longer on site and the staff reductions that had occurred over the years.〔http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_26615094/Pizarro:-A-bittersweet-farewell-to-the-old-Mercury-News-building〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Jose Mercury News」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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