Alameda Times-Star Explained

Alameda Times-Star
Type:Newspaper
Owners:Bay Area News Group-East Bay
Foundation:1877 (as Alameda Argus)
Ceased Publication:2011
Publishing City:Alameda, California

The Alameda Times-Star was a newspaper in the city of Alameda, California.

History

The Alameda Times-Star began as the Alameda Argus in 1877.[1]

It was last owned by Bay Area News Group-East Bay (BANG-EB), a subsidiary of MediaNews Group, who bought the paper in 1986.

The newspaper was scheduled to close down, with the last issue of the paper published on November 1, 2011, along with a proposal to end publication of The Oakland Tribune, Hayward Daily Review, Fremont Argus and West County Times. On November 2, subscribers were to get copies of the new East Bay Tribune, a localized edition of the Mercury News.[2] The plan was modified to no longer have the East Bay Tribune, but to merge the publication of the Times-Star with the Oakland Tribune.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92068887/ Chronicling America, Library of Congress
  2. News: Avalos . George . August 23, 2011 . Bay Area News Group makes changes to East Bay papers . January 14, 2015 . Oakland Tribune.
  3. News: Avalos . George . October 27, 2011 . Bay Area News Group announces it will retain East Bay mastheads . . Oakland Tribune.