14 Facts About San Jose Mercury News

1.

The Mercury boasted that San Jose was the first town west of the Rocky Mountains lighted by electricity.

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2.

Viet Mercury was the first Vietnamese-language newspaper published by an English-language daily.

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3.

Mercury News benefited from its status as the major daily newspaper in Silicon Valley during the dot-com bubble.

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4.

For 20 years, the Mercury News was one of the country's top newspapers in the amount of advertising it ran.

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5.

Mercury News was one of the first daily newspapers in the United States to have an online presence, and was the first to deliver full content and breaking news online.

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6.

San Jose Mercury News Center shut down its AOL service in July 1996, leaving only the website.

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7.

San Jose Mercury News Center ended its paywall in May 1998, after posting 1.

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8.

Older San Jose Mercury News newsboxes have black, white, and green stripes, while newer Mercury News newsboxes bear the paper's logo in white against a blue background.

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9.

Mercury News operates a paywalled website, which is located at mercurynews.

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10.

Mercury News was one of the first daily newspapers in the United States to have an online presence and was the first to deliver full content and breaking news online.

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11.

San Jose Mercury News Center shut down its AOL service in July 1996, leaving only the website.

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12.

The Mercury News promoted the upcoming series on Usenet newsgroups weeks in advance.

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13.

San Jose Mercury News Center published reporting and supporting material online simultaneously with the print edition.

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14.

The Mercury News was named one of the five best-designed newspapers in the world by the Society for News Design for work done in 2001.

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