Global InformationMetro Newspapers information
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| Company type | Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, United States |
| Products | Alternative newspapers |
| Website | www |
Metro Newspapers, now known as Weeklys, is an American newspaper company based in San Jose, California.
It publishes five free alternative weekly newspapers in Northern California: Metro Silicon Valley, Good Times, the Pacific Sun, East Bay Express and the North Bay Bohemian; and ten community newspapers: the Gilroy Dispatch', Healdsburg Tribune, the Hollister Free Lance, the King City Rustler, the Los Gatan, the Morgan Hill Times, Salinas Valley Tribune, Aptos Life, The Pajaronian and Press Banner.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Together, the publications reach a weekly audience of about half a million people, according to The Media Audit. Weeklys also operates digital publishing businesses.[8]
The alt weeklies are free-distribution, tabloid-sized newspapers emphasizing news and analysis, local coverage and in-depth coverage of arts, culture and entertainment. The Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Hollister, Watsonville, Salinas Valley and King City community newspapers are larger format broadsheet publications that are home delivered.[9]
- ^ Siegel, Fern (October 8, 2020). "Weeklys Buys 'Press Banner,' Enlarges Its Newspaper Stable". Publishers Daily. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ "Independent publisher launches new weekly in Los Gatos, California". Editor & Publisher. September 3, 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Independent publisher launches new weekly in Los Gatos, California". Fairfield Sun Times. September 10, 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Wilson, Simone (May 4, 2022). "Healdsburg Tribune Update". Patch.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ Wilson, Simone (May 3, 2022). "Tribune Back Already!". Patch.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ Dudley, Brier (May 13, 2022). "California publisher saves newspaper shuttered by nonprofit". Seattle Times. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Healdsburg Tribune sold 157-year-old California newspaper to continue publishing". EditorandPublisher.com. May 3, 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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