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The Mercury News

daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, United States, since 1851
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The Mercury News

Summary

The Mercury News is a daily newspaper[1]. It draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (daily_newspaper category, ranking #100 of 873).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Mercury News received the Pulitzer Prize[3].
  • The Mercury News received the Pulitzer Prize[4].
  • The Mercury News received the EPpy Awards[5].
  • The Mercury News received the EPpy Awards[6].
  • The Mercury News received the EPpy Awards[7].
  • The Mercury News received the EPpy Awards[8].
  • The Mercury News was a member of California Newspaper Publishers Association[9].
  • The Mercury News is located in San Jose[10].
  • The Mercury News is in the country of United States[11].
  • The Mercury News's image is recorded as McKinley memorial, St. James Park, San Jose, California.jpg[12].
  • The Mercury News's instance of is recorded as daily newspaper[13].
  • The Mercury News's instance of is recorded as newspaper[14].
  • The Mercury News's publisher is recorded as Bay Area News Group[15].
  • The Mercury News's owned by is recorded as Bay Area News Group[16].
  • New Almaden is named after The Mercury News[17].
  • The Mercury News's ISSN is recorded as 0747-2099[18].
  • The Mercury News's OCLC number is recorded as 145122249[19].
  • The Mercury News's place of publication is recorded as San Jose[20].
  • The Mercury News's Commons category is recorded as The Mercury News[21].
  • The Mercury News's language of work or name is recorded as English[22].
  • The Mercury News's country of origin is recorded as United States[23].
  • +1851-06-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Mercury News[24].
  • The Mercury News's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02dwb0[25].
  • The Mercury News's has edition or translation is recorded as Viet Mercury[26].
  • The Mercury News's official website is recorded as https://www.mercurynews.com/[27].

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Founding

+1851-06-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Mercury News[24].

Ownership

The Mercury News's owned by is recorded as Bay Area News Group[16].

Recognition

Awards received include Pulitzer Prize[3], a journalism prize[28], in United States[29], founded in 1917[30], headquartered in New York City[31] and EPpy Awards[5], an award[32], founded in 1996[33].

Why It Matters

The Mercury News draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (daily_newspaper category, ranking #100 of 873).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did The Mercury News receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize[3], Pulitzer Prize[4], EPpy Awards[5], and EPpy Awards[6].

Related Entities

daily newspaper newspaper United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] ↑ . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [20] ↑ . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  20. [9] ↑ . cnpa.com. Retrieved . cnpa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ISSN Portal. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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