Contra Costa Times
The December 7, 2006 front page of the Contra Costa Times
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	MediaNews Group
Publisher	John Armstrong
Editor	Kevin Keane
Founded	1947
Headquarters	2640 Shadelands Drive Walnut Creek, California 94598  United States
Circulation	168,362 Daily 180,440 Sunday[1]
ISSN	0192-0235
Website: ContraCostaTimes.com

The Contra Costa Times is a daily newspaper based in Walnut Creek, California. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more MediaNews Group, based in Denver Colorado, is one of the largest Newspaper companies in the United States. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Walnut Creek is a Suburban community located 16 miles east of the city of Oakland California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This is a list of the daily Newspapers in the World by average circulation An International Standard Serial Number ( ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic Periodical publication. Walnut Creek is a Suburban community located 16 miles east of the city of Oakland The paper serves Contra Costa and eastern Alameda counties, in the eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Contra Costa County ( Spanish for "opposite coast" is a suburban county in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U Alameda County is a county in the US state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the The Times also publishes four other editions under different titles (West County Times, East County Times, San Ramon Valley Times, and Valley Times) but essentially the same content, serving distinct communities within its circulation area. In 2007 the Contra Costa Times was merged with ANG Newspapers to form a new entity called Bay Area News Group-East Bay, which is in turn owned by MediaNews Group. ANG Newspapers (Alameda Newspaper Group based in Oakland California, is a former subisidary of the Denver Colorado based MediaNews Group that is now MediaNews Group, based in Denver Colorado, is one of the largest Newspaper companies in the United States.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Corporate ownership 2 References 3 External links

History

The original Contra Costa Times was founded by Dean Lesher in 1947, and served central Contra Costa, especially Walnut Creek. Dean Stanley Lesher ( August 4, 1902 - May 13, 1993) was an American newspaper publisher founder of the Contra Costa Times However, Lesher began expanding by purchasing weekly newspapers in neighboring communities, as well as two eastern Contra Costa daily papers, the Antioch Ledger and the Pittsburg Post-Dispatch. Originally the weekly newspapers were originally free shoppers, but Lesher gradually converted the papers to "controlled circulation" in 1962, an aggressive and expensive new strategy that called for free delivery of a copy to every household while asking readers to voluntarily buy subscriptions. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ultimately, the weeklies were converted into zoned daily editions called the West County Times (serving Richmond, El Cerrito, and western Contra Costa County), San Ramon Valley Times (serving the affluent suburbs of the San Ramon Valley south of Walnut Creek) and the Valley Times (serving Livermore and the suburbs of eastern Alameda County), and the two East Contra Costa dailies were merged into a single edition, the Ledger-Dispatch, which gradually faded away, first being reduced to a thrice-weekly insert in the Contra Costa Times, then being replaced outright by the East County Times. Richmond (ˈɹɪtʃmənd is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The San Ramon Valley is a region in Contra Costa County and Alameda County, California, east of Oakland. Livermore is a city in Alameda County, California, United States.

The Times still produces 11 weekly community newspapers focusing on local news: Brentwood News (Brentwood, the town)), Walnut Creek Journal (Walnut Creek), Concord Transcript (Concord), Lamorinda Sun (Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda), Pleasant Hill/Martinez Record (Pleasant Hill and Martinez), West County Weekly, and the components of the old Hills Newspapers chain (The Montclarion (The Oakland hills neighborhood of Montclair), The Piedmonter (Piedmont), Alameda Journal (Alameda), Berkeley Voice (Berkeley), and El Cerrito Journal (El Cerrito)). Brentwood is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. Walnut Creek is a Suburban community located 16 miles east of the city of Oakland Concord is the largest city in Contra Costa County, California, USA. Lafayette is a city in Contra Costa County California, United States. Moraga is an affluent suburban incorporated town located in Contra Costa County California, The United States of America (USA in the San Francisco Bay Pleasant Hill is a city in Contra Costa County, California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. Martinez ( "mar-TEE-niss" or "mar-TEE-nezz") is the County seat of Contra Costa County California, United States Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U Montclair (also known as the Montclair District) is a Neighborhood of Oakland California. Piedmont is a small extremely affluent city in Alameda County, California, United States. Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States.

Corporate ownership

Lesher died May 13, 1993. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) On August 29, 1995, his widow Margaret sold the privately held company to the Knight Ridder newspaper chain for $360 million. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 For the unrelated television series see Knight Rider. For other articles see Knight Rider (disambiguation Knight Ridder Knight Ridder was later purchased by the Sacramento-based McClatchy Company in June 2006 in a deal valued at $4. The McClatchy Company is an American Publishing company based in Sacramento California, that operates a number of Newspapers and Websites 5 billion. The deal was contingent on McClatchy selling off 12 of the 32 newspapers it had just purchased, including the Contra Costa Times.

On April 26, 2006, it was announced that MediaNews Group, headed by William Dean Singleton, would purchase four of the "orphan 12," including the Contra Costa Times and San Jose Mercury News, for $1 billion. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. William Dean Singleton (born August 1, 1951) is the chairman of the board of directors of the Associated Press, on which he has sat since 1999 The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily Newspaper in San Jose California and Silicon Valley. Although that transaction was completed on August 2, 2006, a lawsuit claiming antitrust violations by MediaNews and the Hearst Corporation had also been filed in July 2006. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Hearst Communications Inc is a privately-held American -based Media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA The suit, which sought to undo the purchase of the four newspapers, was scheduled to go to trial on April 30, 2007. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. While extending until that date a preliminary injunction preventing collaboration of local distribution and national advertising sales by the two media conglomerates, U. S. District Judge Susan Illston on December 19, 2006 expressed doubt over the legality of the purchase. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[2] On April 25, 2007, days before the trial was scheduled to begin, the parties reached a settlement in which MediaNews Group preserved its acquisitions. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[3]

References

External links

• Official website
• California Newspaper Hall of Fame, Dean Lesher
• Knight Ridder buys Contra Costa Times
• "Feds ask more time to look at sale of four KR papers"

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