
Bay Area News Groupâthe chain that includes the Merc and South Bay community newspapersâwent through another downsizing.
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Accountant Sharon Ryan takes over as president and publisher of the media consolidation monster that is Bay Area News Group this month as lines blur further between previously distinct publications. Last month, Silicon Valley Community Newspapersâa once-independent group of weekly papers that fell into the hands of the San Jose Mercury Newsâannounced it was going to an âall access model.â This exciting new development was billed to readers as a way to have all the news in all formats, a media smorgasbord of sorts. But is it actually good for the local state of journalism?
Read More 1STORY OF THE WEEK: The Mercury News provided a brief statement to San Jose Inside regarding an inappropriate email the newspaperâs opinion editor sent to a political candidate. The statement not only reflects on how the paper views its mission, but the state of media in the South Bay.
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