[1] Johnson served as president and CEO until 2022, when he announced that he would retire and be succeeded by Adam Dawes, while remaining chairman of the board of directors.

[2] In November 2023, the company announced the establishment of a non-profit entity that would continue publishing the community weeklies.

[3] The Voice, a monthly independent newspaper in Mountain View, California, was established in the fall of 1992 by Kate Wakerly[4] and Carol Torgrimson.

[6] On November 15, 2023, Embarcadero issued a press release acknowledging that in recent years, Embarcadero Media had faced significant challenges, including declining advertising revenue due to the local business closures from the pandemic and changing shopping patterns away from local retailers, the press release stated.

Revenue across our entire operation, including print, our seven news websites and three newsletters, has declined by 32%,” Chief Executive Officer Adam Dawes wrote.