''The Daily News of Newburyport'' is an American

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covering northeastern

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. The newspaper is published Monday through Saturday mornings by North of Boston Media Group, a subsidiary of

Community Newspaper Holdings CNHI, LLC (formerly Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.) is an American publisher of newspapers and advertising-related publications throughout the United States. The company was formed in 1997 by Ralph Martin,

Inc. Based in

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, the paper also covers several neighboring cities and towns:

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, Georgetown, Merrimac, Newbury, Rowley,

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History

Although it began as an independent daily in 1887, in the 21st century the paper has been part of a consolidation effort that has seen almost all the North Shore papers bought by one owner, CNHI. Essex County Newspapers was founded by Philip Saltonstall Weld, a former ''

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'' publisher who bought newspapers in Gloucester and Newburyport in 1952, later adding Beverly and Peabody titles. Weld was among the first small-daily publishers to endorse political candidates. By the 1980s, the chain was owned by

Ottaway Community Newspapers Local Media Group, Inc., formerly Dow Jones Local Media Group and Ottaway Newspapers Inc., owned newspapers, Web sites and niche publications in California, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania. It was headquarte ...

, a division of

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, which also owned the ''

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'' and '' The Standard-Times'' of

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. Ottaway added '' The Salem Evening News'' to its holdings, closing the evening ''Beverly Times'' and ''Peabody Times'', in 1995. ''

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'' of

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, one of Essex County Newspapers' chief competitors, bought the North Shore chain in 2002, paying

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70 million for the ''

Gloucester Daily Times The ''Gloucester Daily Times'' is an American daily newspaper published Monday through Saturday mornings in Gloucester, Massachusetts by Eagle-Tribune Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. The price is $0.75. In ...

'', ''The Daily News of Newburyport'' and ''The Salem Evening News''. ''Eagle-Tribune'' executives touted the creation of a regional news organization; they also laid off some 45 staffers at the Essex County papers, including the editors of the Newburyport and Salem papers. The ''Eagle-Tribune'' chain, now the dominant daily news organization on the seacoast north of

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, was itself bought for an undisclosed amount of money by

, an

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company, in 2005."Eagle-Tribune Chain Sold to Ala. Newspaper Group". ''The Patriot Ledger'' (Quincy, Mass.), July 28, 2005. Richard K. Lodge was hired as managing editor in October 2016, after working as editor-in-chief for The MetroWest Daily News in Framingham, Massachusetts, since 2001. Lodge's title was changed to editor of The Daily News of Newburyport in December 2017.

Prices

''The Daily News'' prices are: $1 Monday-Friday, $1.50 on Saturday. Digital subscriptions also are available.

References

External links

''Gloucester Daily Times'' WebsiteEagle-Tribune Publishing Company

Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.Newburyport News
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