Mercury Prize increase of their album "The Seldom Seen Kid" after winning the Prize in 2008. In their winner's speech, Elbow's frontman Guy Garvey said that winning the Mercury Prize was 'Quite literally the best thing that has ever happened to us'. Similarly, sales of The xx's winning album rose by 450% the day after they won the 2010 Mercury Prize and 2013 winner James Blake saw a 2,500% sales increase on Amazon after he was announced as the winner of the 2013 Mercury Prize. 2011 winner PJ Harvey's album "Let England Shake" jumped from number 181 to 24 in the UK
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