The Sunnyvale Sun is a weekly newspaper published on Fridays serving the city of Sunnyvale, CA and surrounding Santa Clara county. Its circulation is estimated to be 21,350.[1]
USNPL lists Matt Wilson as the editor of the Sunnyvale Sun,[2] though Wilson is no longer associated with the paper.[3]
The Sun may have been originally founded in the early 1900s, as there was a paper by that name then. It was subsequently called the Sunnyvale Standard from around 1904–1958.[4] For a short time in 1959 it was renamed the Sunnyvale Standard and the Daily Mountain View Register Leader.[5]
In its current form, the Sunnyvale Sun was founded as part of a group of weekly newspapers in the Metro Newspapers group, called Silicon Valley Community Newspapers. Dan Pulcrano and David Cohen co-founded Metro Newspapers in 1985.[6][7] In 2001, Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, spun off from Metro Newspapers, under chief executive officer David Cohen.[8] In 2005, Cohen sold Silicon Valley Community Newspapers to Knight Ridder, though he stayed on as publisher and chief executive for the SVCN papers.[9]
In 2006, Knight Ridder was purchased by McClatchy Co.,[10] which immediately sold SVCN and the San Jose Mercury News to MediaNews Group.[11] MediaNews Group is now known as Digital First Media. Silicon Valley Community Newspapers and the Sunnyvale Sun are published as part of the San Jose Mercury News.[1] As part of its merger with San Jose Mercury News, Sunnyvale Sun is offered as part of a subscription model, rather than as a free weekly paper.[12] Non-subscribers are still be able to access a free copy of the Sunnyvale Sun once per month.
In 2014, Alia Wilson of the Sun won a John Swett Award for Media Excellence for her story “The force behind Fremont,” and Sun editor Chris Vongsarath, won for his story “Help is here.”[13]
The Sun received an honorable mention in the category of Best Feature Photo in the 2017 California Better Newspapers Contest.[14]
The Sunnyvale Sun is the paper of record for Sunnyvale, CA, where community public notices are posted.[15]