Los Altos Town Crier
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Los Altos Town Crier is an American independently owned paid newspaper which serves the city of Los Altos and surrounding Santa Clara County, California.[1] The newspaper was founded in 1947 and covers local news, sports, business and community events.[2] It is published weekly on Wednesday and is mailed to the households of the residents of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View.[1] According to the American Newspaper Representatives, the Los Altos Town Crier has a total circulation of 16,500.[1] The paper's Editor-in-Chief is Bruce Barton and it is owned by LATC Media Inc.[3]
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | LATC Media Inc. |
| Founder | Dave MacKenzie |
| Publisher | Howard Bischoff and Dennis Young |
Editor-in-chief | Bruce Barton |
Managing editor | Christina Casillas |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Los Altos, California |
| Circulation | 16,500 |
| OCLC number | 39165121 |
| Website | losaltosonline |
History
In 1947, David "Dave" MacKenzie founded the Los Altos Town Crier. In 1953, MacKenzie and William J. Norton, publisher of the Cupertino Courier, merged their businesses together.[4] In 1972, MacKenzie and Norton sold the Town Crier, Courier and Sunnyvale Scribe to Suburban Newspaper Publishers Inc., owned by Mort Levine. The company published five other papers in the Santa Clara Valley.[5]
In 1973, Meredith Corporation acquired the Town Crier after it purchased 24 papers in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, nine from Hicks-Deal Publications, Inc. and 15 from Publishers Associates Inc.[6] In 1986, Meredith sold is 11 weekly Santa Clara County newspapers to one of its executives, Terry Donnelly. The sale included the Town Crier, the Courier, and the Mountain View Scribe.[7][8] In 1988, Donnelly sold five papers (Town Crier, Courier, Los Gatos Times-Observer, Milpitas Post and Saratoga News) to Tribune Co., owner of Peninsula Times Tribune and three weeklies in the county.[9][10]
In 1993, Tribune Co. closed the Peninsula Times Tribune, putting the Los Altos Town Crier, Cupertino Courier and Mountain View Town Crier at risk of closure. But the three free weekly papers were saved when Paul and Liz Nyberg purchased them.[11] In 2019, three employees and Los Altos businessman Dennis Young bought the Town Crier from the Nybergs. The new ownership team, LATC Media Inc, included co-publishers Dennis Young and Howard Bischoff, Vice President of Operations Chris Redden and Vice President of Sales and Marketing Kathy Lera.[12]