Newspapers of New England, Inc. (NNE) is a privately owned

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of nine daily and

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s in the U.S. states of

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

and

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

. The company's

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publication is the ''

Concord Monitor The ''Concord Monitor'' is the daily newspaper for Concord, the state capital of New Hampshire. It also covers surrounding towns in Merrimack County, most of Belknap County, as well as portions of Grafton, Rockingham and Hillsborough count ...

'', in New Hampshire's capital. Its largest circulation newspaper in Massachusetts is the ''

Daily Hampshire Gazette The ''Daily Hampshire Gazette'' is a six-day morning daily newspaper based in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States, and covering all of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Hampshire County, southern towns of Franklin County, Massachusetts, Fra ...

'' of

Northampton Northampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is sit ...

History

The company was founded in the late 1970s as a holding company for various properties owned by the Dwight family, longtime publishers of the (now defunct) ''

Holyoke Transcript-Telegram The ''Holyoke Transcript-Telegram'', or ''T‑T'', was an afternoon daily newspaper covering the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States, and adjacent portions of Hampden County and Hampshire County. Published as a daily since 1882, afte ...

''. Under the leadership of publisher Minnie Dwight and her son, William, the ''T-T'' in 1955 bought '' The Recorder-Gazette'' of

Greenfield, Massachusetts Greenfield is the county seat, and sole city, of Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Greenfield was first settled in 1686. The population was 17,768 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Greenfield is home to Greenfield Commun ...

. Minnie died two years later, and William bought the ''Monitor'' in 1961."William Dwight, 92, Holyoke publisher". Obituary. ''Union-News'', Springfield, Mass., June 5, 1996. In 1960, the ''T-T ''bought the ''

Edwardsville Intelligencer The ''Edwardsville Intelligencer'' is an American daily newspaper in Illinois based in Edwardsville. The paper is circulated in Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, and nearby rural areas. History The newspaper was founded as the ''Madison Intellig ...

'' in Illinois; the paper was sold in 1964. When son-in-law George W. Wilson, publisher of the ''Monitor'', was named company president in the late 1970s, the ''T-T'', ''Recorder'' and ''Monitor'' were placed under the umbrella of Newspapers of New England. The company added the ''

Valley News The ''Valley News'' is a six-day morning daily newspaper based in Lebanon, New Hampshire, covering the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont, in the United States. Although the newspaper's offices are in Lebanon, its mailing addres ...

'' of

Lebanon, New Hampshire Lebanon ( ) is the only city in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 14,282 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 13,151 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. Lebanon is in western New Hampshi ...

, in 1981. In the 1980s, NNE added the weekly '' Monadnock Ledger'' to its portfolio, but soon had to shed its original flagship: In January 1993, the 110-year-old ''Transcript-Telegram'' was closed after four years of heavy losses. NNE remained the publisher of the Concord, Greenfield and Lebanon dailies, plus the ''Ledger'', until purchasing the ''

'' in 2005.Contrada, Fred. "'Hamp Gazette Sale Set". ''The Republican'', Springfield, Mass. September 28, 2005. In December 2007, the company announced it would buy one of the ''Gazette'''s main competitors, the

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''Valley Advocate'' of Easthampton, which had been founded in 1973. The ''Advocate'' was owned by

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, which also publishes the ''

Hartford Courant The ''Hartford Courant'' is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is advertised as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States. A morning newspaper serving most of the state north of New Haven and ...

'' and ''Advocate'' weeklies in

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

. ''Advocate'' circulation at the time was given at 50,000.Cain, Chad. "Gazette's Owners Set to Buy Valley Advocate". ''Daily Hampshire Gazette'' (Northampton, Mass.), December 12, 2007.

Properties

The following daily and weekly newspapers are published by Newspapers of New England: * ''

Amherst Bulletin The ''Daily Hampshire Gazette'' is a six-day morning daily newspaper based in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States, and covering all of Hampshire County, southern towns of Franklin County, and Holyoke. The newspaper prints Monday through ...

'' of

Amherst, Massachusetts Amherst () is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley. Amherst has a council–manager form of government, and is considered a city under Massachusetts state law. Amherst is one of several Massach ...

(weekly) * ''

Athol Daily News The ''Athol Daily News'' is a small, six-day daily (Monday through Saturday) newspaper in north central Massachusetts. Based in the town of Greenfield, the newspaper covers the towns of Athol, Erving, New Salem, Orange, Petersham, Phillips ...

'' of

Athol, Massachusetts Athol (, ) is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,945 at the 2020 census. History Originally called Pequoiag when settled by Native Americans, the area was subsequently settled by five families in ...

* ''

'' of

Concord, New Hampshire Concord () is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the county seat, seat of Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Merrimack County. As of the 2020 United States census the population was 43,976, making it the List of municipalities ...

* ''

'' of

Northampton, Massachusetts The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of Northampton (including its outer villages, Florence, Massachusetts, Florence and ...

* ''

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript The ''Monadnock Ledger-Transcript'' is a twice-weekly newspaper based in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Peterborough, New Hampshire, and covering the Monadnock Region. It was formed in September 2006, when the 50-year-old ''Monadnock Ledger'' bough ...

'' of

Peterborough, New Hampshire Peterborough is a New England town, town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,418 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The main village, with 3,090 people at the ...

(twice-weekly) * '' The Greenfield Recorder'' of

* ''The Valley Advocate'' of

* ''

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References

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