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Company to Combine 6 Dailies Into 2 Publications in Bay Area
Source: Associated Press
Company to Combine 6 Dailies Into 2 Publications in Bay Area
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Mar 1, 2016, 8:23 PM ET
Six daily newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area will be consolidated into two, one serving Oakland and the East Bay and the other Silicon Valley.
The Bay Area News Group announced Tuesday that in the East Bay, The Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune, The Daily Review and The Argus will combine to become the new East Bay Times.
BANG's vice president for audience Dan Smith says that in Silicon Valley, the San Jose Mercury News — the group's flagship publication — and the San Mateo County Times will become the Mercury News.
Smith says subscribers in Oakland, Hayward and Fremont also will receive new community weeklies.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Mar 1, 2016, 8:23 PM ET
Six daily newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area will be consolidated into two, one serving Oakland and the East Bay and the other Silicon Valley.
The Bay Area News Group announced Tuesday that in the East Bay, The Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune, The Daily Review and The Argus will combine to become the new East Bay Times.
BANG's vice president for audience Dan Smith says that in Silicon Valley, the San Jose Mercury News — the group's flagship publication — and the San Mateo County Times will become the Mercury News.
Smith says subscribers in Oakland, Hayward and Fremont also will receive new community weeklies.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/company-combine-dailies-publications-bay-area-37323079