The Morgan Hill Times
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Weeklys |
| Founder | George Edes |
| President | Dan Pulcrano |
| Founded | 1894 |
| Language | English |
| City | Morgan Hill, California |
| Sister newspapers | Gilroy Dispatch Hollister Free Lance |
| Website | morganhilltimes |
The Morgan Hill Times is a weekly newspaper in Morgan Hill, California. It is owned by Weeklys. The newspaper is Morgan Hill’s oldest continually operating business.[1][2]
History
On April 2, 1894, George A. Edes published the first edition of the Morgan Hill Sun.[3] On June 7, 1899, W.G. Bohannon and I.B. Briscoe launched a rival paper called Morgan Hill Times.[2] In December 1900, Rev. H.H. Farnham bought the Morgan Hill Times.[4][5] He bought the Sun from Edes in February 1901 and merged it with his paper to form the Sun-Times.[6] The "Sun" was dropped from the name and the paper has continued as The Morgan Hill Times.[3]
In 1979, Welton L. Pollard sold the Times to Gavilan Newspapers, a subsidiary of McClatchy Newspapers.[7] In 1997, McClatchy sold the Morgan Hill Times, along with the Hollister Free Lance, Gilroy Dispatch and Amador Ledger-Dispatch to Central Valley Publishing, which was managed by USMedia Group, Inc., of Crystal City, Missouri.[8] The company's name was changed a few years later to Pacific Sierra Publishing Company.[9] In 2004, Mainstreet Media purchased ten publications from Pacific Sierra, including the Times.[10] In April 2014, the paper was purchased by New SV Media Inc., a subsidiary of Metro Newspapers of San Jose, California.[11]
References
- ^ Knopf, Janie (2006). "Centennial History Trail". Morgan Hill Historical Society. Archived from the original (Word document) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ^ a b Cheek, Martin (10 October 2006). "George A. Edes Founded The 112-year-old Morgan Hill Times". The Morgan Hill Times. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ a b "'Times' keeps up with Morgan Hill". Free Lance. Hollister, California. October 11, 1988. p. 15.
- ^ "Fresh And Newsy News. | Pungent Paragraphs Gleaned From Our Excellent Exchanges". Los Gatos Mail. December 27, 1900. p. 5.
- ^ "News Of The State". The Evening Mail. Stockton, California. January 3, 1901. p. 3.
- ^ "Notice". The Californian. Salinas, California. February 12, 1901. p. 2.
- ^ "McClatchy Unit Buys Newspaper". The Sacramento Bee. July 11, 1979. p. 41.
- ^ Nax, Stanford (October 19, 1996). "McClatchy Newspapers sells 4 of its publications". The Fresno Bee. p. 47.
- ^ Kieta, Joseph (March 29, 2002). "The Sun-Star boasts colorful history". Merced Sun-Star. p. 62.
- ^ "Gilroy (CA) Dispatch Sold to Mainstreet Media Group". Dirks, Van Essen & April. January 30, 2004. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ Baumann, Greg (March 31, 2014). "Metro Newspapers buys weeklies in Santa Cruz, Gilroy, Morgan Hill and Hollister". bizjournals.com. Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved April 21, 2014.