The San Mateo County Times was a daily newspaper published by the Media News Group. The paper was distributed throughout San Mateo County, Monday through Saturday.[1] Before being sold in 1996, it had been published for over 100 years as the San Mateo Times, originally published by Amphlett Publishing.[2]
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bay Area News Group (1996–2016) |
| Founder | Robert A. Thompson |
| Founded | April 4, 1901 |
Ceased publication | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| City | San Mateo, California |
| Country | United States |
| OCLC number | 37552021 |
| Website | mercurynews |
History
editIn 1901, Robert A. Thompson founded the San Mateo Times.[3] A month later he sold the paper to W.H. Meacham and William Dillon.[4] Dillon was soon succeeded by H.D. Hickok, who in 1902 sold out to Meacham,[5] who left at the year's end.[6]
In 1903, L.P. Hathaway exited the business and left the paper to Paul Pickney and Henry Thiel.[7] In 1909, Thiel retired due to ill health and left Pickney as sole owner.[8] In 1918, Pickney died at age 51 after a year-long illness.[9] Pickney willed the paper to his devoted friend Horace W. Amphlett.[10]
In 1924, the Times expanded into a daily.[11] In 1926, Amphlett purchased The Daily News Leader, the first and oldest paper in the county, from Ed S. Riggins and merged it into the Times.[12] In 1933, Amphlett died at age 43 from a Heart attack.[13] Trustees then appointed Earl Callum as general manager.[14]
In 1962, Amphlett Publishing launched a weekly paper called The Post, covering Westlake, Daly City and Pacifica.[15] In 1996, the Times and the surviving weekly newspapers owned and published by Amphlett Publishing were purchased by ANG Newspapers (Alameda Newspaper Group), an Oakland, California-based subsidiary of MediaNews Group. At that time the Times had a 39,000 circulation[16]
In 2011, Bay Area News Group announced that the Times would publish its last issue on November 1, 2011. From Nov. 2, 2011, subscribers would receive localized versions of the San Jose Mercury News.[17] The plan was later canceled.[18] In 2016, the Times was merged with five other papers to form the East Bay Times.[19][20]
References
edit- ↑ "About The times. (San Mateo, Calif.) 1979-1996". Chronicling America. United States Library of Congress. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ↑ Iwata, Edward; Chen, Anne (April 21, 1997). "San Mateo Times is bought; fate of staffers in doubt". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ↑ "The San Mateo Times". Redwood City Standard. April 11, 1901. p. 3.
- ↑ ""Times" has Changed Hands". Redwood City Standard. May 9, 1901. p. 3.
- ↑ "A Change in the Times". Redwood City Standard. July 17, 1902. p. 3.
- ↑ "Local Happenings". Redwood City Standard. January 8, 1903. p. 3.
- ↑ "A Change in the "Times."". Redwood City Standard. September 24, 1903. p. 2.
- ↑ "Notice". The Enterprise and the South San Francisco Journal. July 31, 1909. p. 4.
- ↑ "San Mateo 'Times' Editor Is Dead". The San Francisco Examiner. September 17, 1918. p. 8.
- ↑ "Editor Leaves Bulk Of His Friend To Devoted Friend". Redwood City Standard. September 26, 1918. p. 2.
- ↑ "San Mateo Times To Publish Daily". The Bulletin. San Francisco, California. May 24, 1924. p. 3.
- ↑ "Daily Times Buys Daily News Leader". The Times. San Mateo, California. January 20, 1926. p. 1.
- ↑ "Horace Amphlett, San Mateo Times, Dies". The Peninsula Times Tribune. Palo Alto, California. November 29, 1933. p. 1.
- ↑ "Martinez Man Will Manage Newspaper". Oakland Tribune. December 15, 1933. p. 42.
- ↑ "New 'Post' to Serve North County Readers". The Post. San Mateo, California. May 9, 1962. p. 57.
- ↑ Hall, Carl T.; Hoover, Ken (January 27, 1996). "Oakland Tribune Owner to Buy San Mateo Times | Layoff notices given to all 180 employees". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 1.
- ↑ Avalos, George (August 23, 2011). "Bay Area News Group makes changes to East Bay papers". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ Avalos, George (October 27, 2011). "Bay Area News Group announces it will retain East Bay mastheads". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
- ↑ "Six Bay Area Newspapers to Consolidate Into Two". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 2, 2016. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
- ↑ Lang, Marissa (March 2, 2016). "Oakland loses Tribune, with paper folded into new East Bay Times". SFGATE. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
