San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News (HMZKH)

Location: San Jose, CA 95113 Santa Clara County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 20.167', W 121° 53.475'

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The San Jose Mercury News was first published, on this site, on June 20, 1851. Known as the San Jose Weekly Visitor, it was the city's fist permanent newspaper. The paper changed owners and mastheads several times before becoming the San Jose Weekly Mercury in 1861. In 1901, E.A. and J.O. Hayes bought the paper merging it with the San Jose Herald. Brothers whose vast wealth derived from their Ashland iron mine, they saw the press as a vehicle for political reform. The Hayes family controlled the paper until 1952, when it was purchased by Ridder Publications. In 1974, Knight Newspapers merged with Ridder to form a new company, Knight-Ridder.
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Marker Number8
Placed BySan Jose History Walk
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Date Added Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 5:25pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10S E 598217 N 4132736
Decimal Degrees37.33611667, -121.89125000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 20.167', W 121° 53.475'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 20' 10.02" N, 121° 53' 28.50" W
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Area Code(s)408, 650
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 41 W Santa Clara St, San Jose CA 95113, US
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