Bay Area News Group (BANG) is the largest publisher of daily and weekly

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s in the

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, including its flagship ''

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''. A subsidiary of the

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-based

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, its corporate headquarters is in

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, and publication offices in San Jose. Since 2010, MediaNews Group has been controlled by

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. Previously known as ANG (Alameda News Group), the name changed to Bay Area News Group in 2006 after the

bought ''The Mercury News'' and ''Contra Costa Times'' from McClatchy Co. Most production aspects have now moved to ''The Mercury News'' facilities in

Print

The company structure allows for the ability to share stories between its various newspapers, meaning one

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can get the story for all the publications. Newspapers BANG publishes include: * ''

East Bay 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 County, California, Contra Costa and Al ...

'' * ''

Marin Independent Journal The ''Marin Independent Journal'' is the main newspaper of Marin County, California. The paper is owned by California Newspapers Partnership, which is in turn mostly owned by MediaNews Group.

'' * ''

Santa Cruz Sentinel The ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'' is a daily newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California, covering Santa Cruz County, California, and owned by Media News Group, which is controlled by Alden Global Capital. History The paper was owned by the McP ...

'' * ''

Vallejo Times Herald The ''Vallejo Times-Herald'' is a nearly-daily newspaper in the city of Vallejo, California. It is printed six days a week, Tuesday through Sunday. History Luther Gibson founded the ''Vallejo Herald'' in 1922. Later that year, he purchased the ...

'' * '' Vacaville Reporter''

2011 restructuring

On August 23, 2011, the company announced the reorganization of 11 of its newspapers, with shuttering of all of its East Bay nameplates under two new publications as of November 2, 2011. The planned merger and publication reorganization was modified in October 2011, when BANG decided to scrap plans to launch the ''East Bay Tribune'' and instead consolidate its

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newspapers under the ''Oakland Tribune'' name. * The ''Oakland Tribune'', ''Alameda Times-Star'', ''Hayward Daily Review'', ''Fremont Argus'' and ''West County Times'' were scheduled to publish their last editions on November 1, 2011. The following day, subscribers were to get copies of the new ''East Bay Tribune''; instead the mastheads were made local editions of the ''Oakland Tribune''. * The ''Contra Costa Times'', ''San Ramon Valley Times'', ''East County Times'', ''Tri-Valley Herald'' and ''San Joaquin Herald'' were scheduled to become the new ''

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''. * The ''San Mateo Times'' was scheduled to publish its last issue on November 1, 2011. As of November 2, 2011, subscribers were to get localized versions of the ''San Jose Mercury News''.

2016 restructuring

In March 2016, BANG announced it would further consolidate its newspapers (other than the ''Marin Independent Journal'') down to two: ''The East Bay Times'' and ''The Mercury News'', eliminating the ''Oakland Tribune'' and the other papers.

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* {{Authority control Companies based in Oakland, California Newspaper companies of the United States MediaNews Group Newspapers published in the San Francisco Bay Area Companies based in San Jose, California