The ''Athol Daily News'' is a small, six-day daily (Monday through Saturday) newspaper in north central
Massachusetts
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. Based in the town of
Greenfield, the newspaper covers the towns of
Athol,
Erving,
New Salem,
Orange
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,
Petersham,
Phillipston,
Royalston,
Warwick
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, and
Wendell, Massachusetts.
History
There have been four owners in the history of the ''Athol Daily News'', the last three representing generations of the same family.
The ''Athol Daily News'' was founded in 1934 when Lincoln O'Brien merged two weeklies, the ''Athol Chronicle'' and ''Athol Transcript''. O'Brien sold the paper to Edward T. Fairchild in 1940. On January 1, 1982, Richard J. Chase Sr. bought the newspaper from Fairchild, his father-in-law. The ''Boston Globe'' reported at the time that the Daily News' circulation was 5,500.
Richard J. Chase Jr., Fairchild's grandson, took over Athol Press Inc. September 29, 1989. Circulation of the family-owned newspaper at that time was given as 5,700.
On December 20, 2017, it was publicly announced that Newspapers of New England (NNE) had purchased the paper for an undisclosed amount.
References
External links
''Athol Daily News'' Website
Newspapers published in Massachusetts
Mass media in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Newspapers published by Newspapers of New England, Inc.
2017 mergers and acquisitions
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