Sunnyvale Sun

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Sunnyvale Sun
TypeOnline Newspaper
Publisher MediaNews Group
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersSan Jose, CA Santa Clara County
Circulation 21,350
Website www.mercurynews.com/location/sunnyvale/

The Sunnyvale Sun is a weekly newspaper published on Fridays serving the city of Sunnyvale, CA and surrounding Santa Clara county. Its circulation is estimated to be 21,350. [1]

USNPL lists Matt Wilson as the editor of the Sunnyvale Sun, [2] though Wilson is no longer associated with the paper. [3]

Ownership history

The Sun may have been originally founded in the early 1900s, as there was a paper by that name then. It was subsequently called the Sunnyvale Standard from around 1904–1958. [4] For a short time in 1959 it was renamed the Sunnyvale Standard and the Daily Mountain View Register Leader. [5]

In its current form, the Sunnyvale Sun was founded as part of a group of weekly newspapers in the Metro Newspapers group, called Silicon Valley Community Newspapers. Dan Pulcrano and David Cohen co-founded Metro Newspapers in 1985. [6] [7] In 2001, Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, spun off from Metro Newspapers, under chief executive officer David Cohen. [8] In 2005, Cohen sold Silicon Valley Community Newspapers to Knight Ridder, though he stayed on as publisher and chief executive for the SVCN papers. [9]

In 2006, Knight Ridder was purchased by McClatchy Co., [10] which immediately sold SVCN and the San Jose Mercury News to MediaNews Group. [11] MediaNews Group is now known as Digital First Media. Silicon Valley Community Newspapers and the Sunnyvale Sun are published as part of the San Jose Mercury News. [1] As part of its merger with San Jose Mercury News, Sunnyvale Sun is offered as part of a subscription model, rather than as a free weekly paper. [12] Non-subscribers are still be able to access a free copy of the Sunnyvale Sun once per month.

In 2014, Alia Wilson of the Sun won a John Swett Award for Media Excellence for her story “The force behind Fremont,” and Sun editor Chris Vongsarath, won for his story “Help is here.” [13]

The Sun received an honorable mention in the category of Best Feature Photo in the 2017 California Better Newspapers Contest. [14]

The Sunnyvale Sun is the paper of record for Sunnyvale, CA, where community public notices are posted. [15]

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