{{Short description|Weekly newspaper published in Morgan Hill, California}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Morgan Hill Times | logo = | image = | caption = | type = Weekly newspaper | format = | owners = Weeklys | founder = George Edes | publisher = | president = Dan Pulcrano | editor = | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | general_manager = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | metro_editor = | metro_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = 1894 | political_position = | language = English | ceased_publication = | relaunched = | headquarters = | publishing_city = Morgan Hill, California | circulation = | circulation_date = | sister_newspapers = ''Gilroy Dispatch''<br/> ''Hollister Free Lance'' | ISSN = | oclc = | RNI = | website = {{URL|morganhilltimes.com}} | free = }}
'''''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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Knopf |first=Janie |year=2006 |title=Centennial History Trail |url=http://www.morganhillhistoricalsociety.org/assets/history_trail_events_description_in_word_highlight.doc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204024/http://www.morganhillhistoricalsociety.org/assets/history_trail_events_description_in_word_highlight.doc |archive-date=2016-03-03 |accessdate=March 21, 2014 |publisher=Morgan Hill Historical Society |format=Word document}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Cheek |first1=Martin |date=10 October 2006 |title=George A. Edes Founded The 112-year-old Morgan Hill Times |url=https://morganhilltimes.com/george-a-edes-founded-the-112-year-old-morgan-hill-times/ |access-date=24 September 2025 |publisher=The Morgan Hill Times}}</ref>
==History== On April 2, 1894, George A. Edes published the first edition of the ''Morgan Hill Sun''.''<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=October 11, 1988 |title='Times' keeps up with Morgan Hill |work=Free Lance |location=Hollister, California |pages=15}}</ref>'' On June 7, 1899, W.G. Bohannon and I.B. Briscoe launched a rival paper called ''Morgan Hill Times.''<ref name=":0" /> In December 1900, Rev. H.H. Farnham bought the ''Morgan Hill Times.''<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 27, 1900 |title=Fresh And Newsy News. {{!}} Pungent Paragraphs Gleaned From Our Excellent Exchanges. |work=Los Gatos Mail |pages=5}}</ref>''<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 3, 1901 |title=News Of The State |work=The Evening Mail |location=Stockton, California |pages=3}}</ref>'' He bought the ''Sun'' from Edes in February 1901 and merged it with his paper to form the ''Sun-Times''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 12, 1901 |title=Notice |work=The Californian |location=Salinas, California |pages=2}}</ref> The "Sun" was dropped from the name and the paper has continued as ''The Morgan Hill Times.<ref name=":1" />''
In 1979, Welton L. Pollard sold the ''Times'' to Gavilan Newspapers, a subsidiary of McClatchy Newspapers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 11, 1979 |title=McClatchy Unit Buys Newspaper |work=The Sacramento Bee |pages=41}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nax |first=Stanford |date=October 19, 1996 |title=McClatchy Newspapers sells 4 of its publications |work=The Fresno Bee |pages=47}}</ref> The company's name was changed a few years later to Pacific Sierra Publishing Company.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kieta |first=Joseph |date=March 29, 2002 |title=The Sun-Star boasts colorful history |work=Merced Sun-Star |pages=62}}</ref> In 2004, Mainstreet Media purchased ten publications from Pacific Sierra, including the ''Times''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2004 |title=Gilroy (CA) Dispatch Sold to Mainstreet Media Group |url=https://dirksvanessen.com/press_release/gilroy-ca-dispatch-sold-to-mainstreet-media-grou/ |access-date=2025-09-25 |website=Dirks, Van Essen & April |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2014, the paper was purchased by New SV Media Inc., a subsidiary of Metro Newspapers of San Jose, California.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baumann |first=Greg |date=March 31, 2014 |title=Metro Newspapers buys weeklies in Santa Cruz, Gilroy, Morgan Hill and Hollister |url=http://www.pehub.com/2014/04/brookside-group-backed-mainstreet-media-sells-four-weeklies/ |access-date=April 21, 2014 |website=bizjournals.com |publisher=Silicon Valley Business Journal}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|https://morganhilltimes.com/}}
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