Mercury Prize £25,000. The winner also receives an additional winner's trophy. To date, PJ Harvey is the only artist to have won the award on more than one occasion (in 2001 and 2011). She was also the first female solo artist to receive the award. Alex Turner has received five nominations as a member of Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets, winning once. Thom Yorke has 6 nominations, 5 with Radiohead and one for "The Eraser", but has never won. The Mercury Prize can have a considerable effect on sales for those artists who are shortlisted. Elbow saw a 700% sales
The Mercury News MediaNews preserved its acquisitions. The "Mercury News" and "Contra Costa Times" were placed under CNP's local subsidiary, the Bay Area News Group. Meanwhile, layoffs continued at the "Mercury News". Around December 2016, 101 employees were laid off, including 40 in the newsroom. In 2013, MediaNews Group and 21st Century Media merged to form Digital First Media. In April 2013, MediaNews announced that it would sell the "Mercury News" campus on Ridder Park Drive in North San Jose. County Supervisor Dave Cortese approached the "Mercury News" about moving into the former San Jose City Hall on North First Street, but the