''The Call'' is an American

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published seven days per week in

Woonsocket, Rhode Island Woonsocket ( ), is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 43,240 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, making it the sixth largest city in the state. Being Rhode Island's northernmost city, Woonsock ...

, covering northern

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, and some adjacent towns in

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. Originally an afternoon newspaper known as ''The Evening Call'', the Woonsocket paper has published seven mornings a week since the 1990s. It is owned by

RISN Operations RISN Operations Inc., also called Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers, is a privately owned publisher of three daily newspapers and several weekly newspapers in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The company was founded by Illinois-based newspaper exec ...

Inc.

History

''The Evening Call'' was founded in 1892 by Samuel E. Hudson and Andrew J. McConnell, who predicted that "the people of Woonsocket will support a paper devoted to their local and business interests," "essentially, a paper for the people." Hudson's and McConnell's descendants—Buell W. Hudson, Charles W. Palmer, Andrew P. Palmer and Nancy E. Hudson—ran the paper for nearly 90 years before selling it to

Ingersoll Publications 21st Century Media was an American media company. It was the successor of Ingersoll Publications and Journal Register Company, and it was succeeded by Digital First Media. The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 comm ...

in 1984. Ingersoll in turn was bought by

Journal Register Company 21st Century Media was an American media company. It was the successor of Ingersoll Publications and Journal Register Company, and it was succeeded by Digital First Media. The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 comm ...

in 1989. In 2007, a new company, RISN, formed to purchase Journal Register's Rhode Island properties, including ''The Call''Frechette, Aaron. "Under New Ownership". ''The Call'' (Woonsocket, R.I.), February 6, 2007. and systematically fired a large number of employees.

Sisters and competitors

In its coverage area, ''The Call'' competes with the state's largest daily, the ''

Providence Journal ''The Providence Journal'', colloquially known as the ''ProJo'', is a daily newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island, and is the largest newspaper in Rhode Island. The newspaper was first published in 1829. The newspape ...

''. It also competes in nearby Massachusetts towns with the Worcester ''

Telegram & Gazette The ''Telegram & Gazette'' (and ''Sunday Telegram'') is the only daily newspaper of Worcester, Massachusetts. The paper, headquartered at 100 Front Street and known locally as ''the Telegram'' or the ''T & G'', offers coverage of all of Worceste ...

'' and the ''

Milford Daily News ''The Milford Daily News'' is an American daily newspaper covering Milford, Massachusetts, and several nearby towns in Norfolk and Worcester counties. The newspaper is managed and printed by '' The MetroWest Daily News''. Both are owned by Gan ...

''. RISN Operations also owns two other daily newspapers in Rhode Island, ''

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'' of Pawtucket (which shares a publisher with ''The Call''), the ''

Kent County Daily Times The ''Kent County Daily Times'' is a six-day (Monday through Saturday) evening daily newspaper based in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, covering central and western Kent County, Rhode Island. It is owned by RISN Operations Inc. Towns i ...

'' of

West Warwick West Warwick is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 31,012 at the 2020 census. West Warwick was incorporated in 1913, making it the youngest town in the state. Prior to 1913, the town, situated on the wester ...

, as well as several

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s. All of these properties were sold for $8.3 million to RISN in early 2007 by

."RISN Completes Purchase of Daily Times". ''Kent County Daily Times'' (W. Warwick, R.I.), February 6, 2007.

References

External links

''Woonsocket Call'' website
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