news group type private industry media founded 2006 headquarters 4000 executive parkway suite 200 san ramon california 94583 united states 1 products newspaper online newspaper owner medianews group website info.bayareanewsgroup.com bay area news group bang is the largest publisher of daily and weekly newspapers in the san francisco bay area including its flagship the san jose mercury news . a subsidiary of the denver colorado based medianews group 2 its corporate headquarters is in san ramon california and publication offices in san jose and walnut creek although the walnut creek location is scheduled to be closed under a 2011 restructuring . 3 previously known as ang alameda news group the name changed to bay area news group in 2006 after the medianews group bought the mercury news and contra costa times from mcclatchy co. 4 most production aspects have now moved to the mercury news facilities in san jose california . contents 1 print 2 2011 restructuring 3 2016 restructuring 4 references 5 external links print edit the structure allows the company to share stories between its various newspapers meaning one reporter can get the story for all the publications . bang daily newspapers include the following most of which are published as local editions of the san jose mercury news 5 san jose mercury news the flagship paper of the group contra costa times oakland tribune santa cruz sentinel the argus fremont the daily review hayward marin independent journal the reporter vacaville times herald vallejo 2011 restructuring edit on august 23 2011 the company announced the reorganization of 11 of its newspapers with shuttering of all of its east bay mastheads under two new publications as of november 2 2011 . 6 the planned merger and publication reorganization was modified in october 2011 when bang decided to scrap plans to launch the east bay tribune and instead consolidate its east bay newspapers under the oakland tribune name 7 those newspapers to be shuttered and folded into the new publications . the oakland tribune alameda times star hayward daily review fremont argus and west county times were scheduled to publish their last editions on november 1 2011 . 8 the following day subscribers were to get copies of the new east bay tribune . the contra costa times san ramon valley times east county times tri valley herald and san joaquin herald were scheduled to become the new the times . 9 the san mateo times was scheduled to publish its last issue on november 1 2011 . as of nov. 2 2011 subscribers were to get localized versions of the san jose mercury news . 6 2016 restructuring edit in march 2016 bang announced it would further consolidate its newspapers down to two the east bay times and the mercury news eliminating the oakland tribune and the other papers . 10 references edit bay area news group overview . retrieved 2012 09 11 . overview . bay area news group . archived from the original on 22 july 2011 . retrieved 2011 08 24 . bay area news group rebranding plan faq . san jose mercury news . retrieved 2011 08 24 . sources sj mercury sold to medianews . palo alto weekly . retrieved 2011 08 24 . overview print . bay area news group . retrieved 2011 08 24 . a b bay area news group makes changes to east bay papers . san jose mercury news . retrieved 24 august 2011 . 1 george avalos . bay area news group makes changes to east bay papers . oakland tribune . retrieved 24 august 2011 . bay area news group . area news group announces rebranding plan . contra costa times . retrieved 24 august 2011 . ben trefny . interview why bay area news group is shrinking . kalw . retrieved 4 april 2016 . external links edit san francisco bay area portal official website v t e medianews group bay area news group1 the argus contra costa times daily review marin independent journal milpitas post oakland tribune the reporter san jose mercury news san mateo county times santa cruz sentinel vallejo times herald southern california news group1 the beach reporter daily breeze inland valley daily bulletin los angeles daily news pasadena star news press telegram redlands daily facts the san bernardino sun san gabriel valley tribune whittier daily news mediaone new england bennington banner the berkshire eagle brattleboro reformer sentinel & enterprise the sun nashoba publishing northern california1 chico enterprise record daily democrat daily news lake county record bee the monterey county herald oroville mercury register times standard the ukiah daily journal prairie mountain publishing akron news reporter broomfield enterprise brush news tribune burlington record ca on city daily record colorado daily daily camera estes park trail gazette fort morgan times journal advocate julesburg advocate lamar ledger longmont times call reporter herald other newspapers the denver post the detroit news st. paul pioneer press 1operated by california newspapers partnership a joint venture with stephens media ; all or most newspapers in this group are owned by the partnership 2owned by the daily gazette company operated by medianews retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bay area news group & oldid 743855581 categories companies based in oakland californianewspaper companies of the united statesmedianews groupnewspapers published in the san francisco bay areacompanies based in san ramon california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 17 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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