The ''Alameda Times-Star'' was a newspaper in the city of
Alameda, California. It was last owned by Bay Area News Group-East Bay (BANG-EB), a subsidiary of
MediaNews Group
MNG Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Digital First Media and MediaNews Group, is a Denver, Colorado-based newspaper publisher owned by Alden Global Capital. The company has been growing its portfolio and as of May 2021, owns over 100 newspa ...
, who bought the paper in 1986.
The newspaper was scheduled to close down, with the last issue of the paper published on November 1, 2011, along with a proposal to end publication of ''The
Oakland Tribune'', Hayward ''
Daily Review'', ''
Fremont Argus
''The Argus'' was a newspaper in the town of Fremont, California. Floyd L. Sparks was the longtime owner of ''The Argus'', along with the ''Daily Review'' and the ''Tri-Valley Herald''. It was last owned by Bay Area News Group-East Bay (BANG-EB), ...
'' and ''
West County Times
The ''East Bay Times'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Walnut Creek, California, United States, owned by the Bay Area News Group (BANG), a subsidiary of Media News Group, that serves Contra Costa and Alameda counties, in the East Bay ...
''. On November 2, subscribers were to get copies of the new ''
East Bay Tribune'', a localized edition of the ''Mercury News''. The plan was modified to no longer have the ''East Bay Tribune'', but to merge the publication of the ''Times-Star'' with the ''Oakland Tribune''.
History
The Alameda Times-Star began as the Alameda Argus in 1877.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress
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Mass media in Alameda County, California
Alameda, California
Newspapers published in the San Francisco Bay Area
Defunct newspapers published in California
MediaNews Group publications
2011 disestablishments in California
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