Mercury News

The San Jose Mercury News takes pride in doing its work honestly and is committed in working towards the highest ethical standards in the San Jose area. It delivers daily news publications to the Silicon Valley and the San Jose area and is owned by the MediaNews Group. The printing plant and its headquarters are both located in the North of San Jose very close to the Nimitz Freeway.

The publications headquarters were first located in Miami, but with the growing popularity and recognition of the Silicon Valley, the owner Knight Ridder moved Mercury News to the San Jose area in 1990.

The San Jose news was first founded in 1883 and in 1942 Mercury bought over the News and then continued with the publication of both the papers, Mercury was the morning publication, while News was the evening publication. The less popular evening edition was dropped later and it stuck only to the morning publications. The name “Mercury” is a significant reminder of the California Gold Rush during which mercury gained importance.

With its important location in the Silicon Valley, the publication has carried reports and editorials of the emerging computing industry and its bigwigs. The newspaper has received several laurels including winning the Pulitzer Prize twice once in 1986 for impeccable reporting against political corruption during the Ferdinand Marcos administration and again in 1989 for their broad coverage on the Loma Prieta earthquake. The Society for News Design rated the publications designs as one of the five finest designed newspapers.