{{Infobox newspaper | name = Los Altos Town Crier | caption = | type = Weekly newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founded = {{Start date|1947}} | founder = Dave MacKenzie | publisher = Howard Bischoff and Dennis Young | editor = | circulation = 16,500 | headquarters = Los Altos, California | website = {{URL|losaltosonline.com}} | owners = LATC Media Inc. | oclc = 39165121 | language = English | chief_editor = Bruce Barton | managing_editor = Christina Casillas }}
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.<ref name=":anr">{{Cite web|url=http://gotoanr.com/documents/database/california.pdf|title=Research Newspapers by State: California |website=gotoanr.com|last=Stevenson|first=Paula|publisher=American Newspaper Representatives|language=en|access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref> The newspaper was founded in 1947 and covers local news, sports, business and community events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/5/241/529|title=Los Altos Town Crier|website=www.mondotimes.com|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref> It is published weekly on Wednesday and is mailed to the households of the residents of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View.<ref name=":anr" /> According to the American Newspaper Representatives, the Los Altos Town Crier has a total circulation of 16,500.<ref name=":anr" /> The paper's Editor-in-Chief is Bruce Barton and it is owned by LATC Media Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usnpl.com/addr/aaddressresult.php?id=3766|title=Los Altos Town Crier|website=USNPL|access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 8, 1953 |title=New Los Altos publishing firm begins operation |work=The Peninsula Times Tribune |location=Palo Alto, California |pages=2}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 6, 1972 |title=Publishing firm buys 3 weeklies in SC County |work=The Peninsula Times Tribune |location=Palo Alto, California |pages=3}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wood |first=Charles D. |date=August 27, 1973 |title=Among The Media {{!}} Major Publishing firms Snap Up Weekly Chains |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=42}}</ref> 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.''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Siegmann |first=Ken |date=February 25, 1986 |title=Iowa publisher selling SC County weeklies to executive |work=The Peninsula Times Tribune |location=Palo Alto, California |pages=151}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 18, 1986 |title=Meredith sells newspapers |work=Citizens' Voice |location=Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |pages=81 |agency=United Press International}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 1, 1988 |title=Five weeklies join with Times Tribune |work=The Peninsula Times Tribune |location=Palo Alto, California |pages=15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 5, 1988 |title=Briefly |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=109}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 17, 1993 |title=Three papers spared the ax |work=The San Francisco Examiner |pages=47}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.losaltosonline.com/news/sections/news/297-news-features/61459-town-crier-undergoes-leadership-change|title=Town Crier undergoes leadership change|last=|first=|website=Los Altos Town Crier|language=en-gb|access-date=2020-01-21|date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260507150301/https://www.losaltosonline.com/news/town-crier-undergoes-leadership-change/article_a918f156-dcb2-57a6-b259-dcc42a9de27b.html|archive-date=May 7, 2026|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{{Los Altos, California}} Category:Los Altos, California Category:1947 establishments in California Category:Newspapers established in 1947 Category:Weekly newspapers published in California