Day of Design: 20 Years of Newspaper Design
San Jose Mercury News
San Jose, Calif.
The San Jose Mercury News is a daily newspaper, published in San Jose, Calif. 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.
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Read a 1993 design note from San Jose Mercury NewsTHEN
1993
300,000 circulation
400 staff
San Jose Mercury News front page from Feb. 10, 1993
NOW
2013
529,999 circulation
N/A staff
