Merced Sun-Star print days changing as digital transition continues. What to expect
The Merced Sun-Star this week takes its biggest step yet on our journey toward a more digitally focused, sustainable future.
We’re switching to three days of print newspapers beginning with Sunday’s paper. The print editions will now publish Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, delivered along with your mail. For most readers, the Sunday newspaper will arrive with Saturday’s mail.
Here are a few key points to know about the new print schedule:
- Puzzles and games: The three print editions will include extra pages to make up for the lost print days. For example, Wednesday’s paper will now include puzzles and game pages that would have gone into the Monday and Tuesday editions.
- The Edition: Because of the change, we’re able to dedicate more resources into digital offerings, such as The Edition. Think of this product as our daily “best of” Merced news seven days a week. It’s brand new and has the look and feel of your print paper, but completely digital. Activate at https://eedition.mercedsunstar.com and take a spin through it.
- Comics: You’ll find these in your three printed papers and seven days a week in The Edition.
- Digital activation: If you get the print paper, you’re entitled to digital access. To get the most out of your Merced Sun-Star experience, please activate at www.mercedsunstar.com/activate.
- Website, apps, social media, newsletters: We update our website, apps, social media accounts and newsletters seven days a week.
- Questions? Need help with access or activation, please call customer service at 800-877-3400.
The electronic edition will continue to publish seven days a week at mercedsun-star.com and in our digital app. And we’ll continue to publish news digitally throughout the day, every day.
Our news gathering is just as thorough and complete as ever. Our reporters live in the area and care about the community. You can find their picture and a short biography at the end of each local story we publish online.
With digital, we’re able to track which stories are popular with you, our subscribers, and then adjust our coverage plans. Resoundingly, you’ve asked for in-depth reporting of local news and information, such as public safety coverage from reporter Andrew Kuhn, information about the Mariposa fire from reporter Shawn Jansen and also his comprehensive high school sports coverage, such as this story about a free local football camp at Merced High run by a Pittsburgh Steeler. We also have stories about local politics, schools and new restaurant openings, among others.
We’ll keep bringing you stories like these and more as we continue our evolution as a digitally focused operation.
Christopher Kirkpatrick is the Merced Sun-Star’s senior editor.
This story was originally published July 16, 2024 at 8:03 AM.
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