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 paper ended up returning downtown. In June 2014, printing and production of the "Mercury News" and other daily newspapers moved to Bay Area News Group's Concord and Hayward facilities. The "Mercury News" moved into a downtown office building that September. According to the publishers, the Ridder Park Drive facility had become unnecessarily large for the paper, following the departure of printing operations and other staff reductions that had occurred over the years.