The Argus (Fremont) Explained
The Argus was a newspaper in the town of Fremont, California. Floyd L. Sparks was the longtime owner of The Argus, along with the Daily Review and the Tri-Valley Herald.[1] [2] It was last owned by Bay Area News Group-East Bay (BANG-EB), a subsidiary of MediaNews Group, who purchased the papers from Sparks in 1985.[3]
The newspaper was scheduled to be closed down, with the last issue of the paper published on November 1, 2011. The Oakland Tribune, Alameda Times-Star, Hayward Daily Review, Fremont Argus and West County Times all published their last editions the same day. On November 2, subscribers will get copies of the new East Bay Tribune, a localized edition of The Mercury News.[4] The plans were later reversed.[5] In 2016, the paper was one of four that was merged into the East Bay Times.[6]
References
- Web site: San Jose Mercury News (CA) - June 21, 1985 - 2B Local SPARKS STOCKHOLDERS OK SALE OF NEWSPAPER GROUP . April 29, 2010 . June 8, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608213035/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB72442B17F3EF0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM . live .
- Book: A region's press: anatomy of newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area. William L.. Rivers. David M.. Rubin. April 11, 1971. Berkeley, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California. 9780877720720. Internet Archive.
- http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3293 The State of The American Newspaper: The Battle Of the Bay
- Web site: Bay Area News Group makes changes to East Bay papers. Oakland Tribune. George Avalos. 24 August 2011. 6 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606173653/http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18744287. live.
- Web site: Bay Area News Group announces it will retain East Bay mastheads. October 27, 2011. April 11, 2022. April 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411125723/https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/10/27/bay-area-news-group-announces-it-will-retain-east-bay-mastheads/. live.
- Web site: DIGITAL FIRST COMBINES S.F. BAY AREA TITLES. - Free Online Library. www.thefreelibrary.com. 2016-11-06. 2016-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20161107092556/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DIGITAL+FIRST+COMBINES+S.F.+BAY+AREA+TITLES.-a0451449921. live.
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