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.
USNPL lists Matt Wilson as the editor of the Sunnyvale Sun, though Wilson is no longer associated with the paper.
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. For a short time in 1959 it was renamed ''the Sunnyvale Standard and the Daily Mountain View Register Leader''.
In its current form, the Sunnyvale Sun was founded as part of a group of weekly newspapers in the
Metro Newspapers
Metro Newspapers, now known as Weeklys, is an American newspaper company based in San Jose, California.
It publishes five free alternative weekly newspapers in Northern California: ''Metro Silicon Valley'', ''Good Times'', the '' Pacific Sun'', ...
group, called Silicon Valley Community Newspapers. Dan Pulcrano and David Cohen co-founded Metro Newspapers in 1985. In 2001, Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, spun off from Metro Newspapers, under chief executive officer David Cohen. In 2005, Cohen sold Silicon Valley Community Newspapers to
Knight Ridder, though he stayed on as publisher and chief executive for the SVCN papers.
In 2006, Knight Ridder was purchased by McClatchy Co., which immediately sold SVCN and the San Jose Mercury News to MediaNews Group. MediaNews Group is now known as
Digital First Media
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. Silicon Valley Community Newspapers and the Sunnyvale Sun are published as part of the San Jose Mercury News.
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. 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.”
The Sun received an honorable mention in the category of Best Feature Photo in the 2017 California Better Newspapers Contest.
The Sunnyvale Sun is the paper of record for Sunnyvale, CA, where community public notices are posted.
References
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Weekly newspapers published in California