''Brooklyn Paper'' is a weekly
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports an ...
that covers news related exclusively to the
New York City
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borough of
Brooklyn. ''Brooklyn Paper'' covers news and cultural events throughout the borough, using different mastheads for neighborhoods such as
Park Slope
Park Slope is a neighborhood in northwestern Brooklyn, New York City, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park and Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush Avenu ...
,
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, Cadman Plaza West on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, an ...
,
Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Sunset Park to the north, Dyker Heights to the east, the Narrows and the Belt Parkway to the west, and Fort Hamilton Army Base and ...
, etc. In addition to news coverage, the paper also publishes a weekly entertainment guide entitled ''GO Brooklyn''. It was founded in 1978.
Though the various print editions are published once a week, Brooklyn Paper's website is updated every weekday with stories.
In January 2007, the company name "Brooklyn Papers" was renamed "The Brooklyn Paper", and the local editions (''The Park Slope Paper'', ''The Bay Ridge Paper'') were all renamed ''The Brooklyn Paper'' with the local edition printed under the title. The local editions currently include ''The Bay Ridge Courier'' (covering Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst), ''Brooklyn Paper'', (covering Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, Cobble Hill, and all of northern Brooklyn), ''The Park Slope Courier'' (covering Park Slope, Crown Heights, Carroll Gardens, and Gowanus), ''Bay News'' (covering Coney Island, Gravesend, and Brighton Beach), and ''The Mill-Marine Courier'' (covering Mill Basin, Marine Park, Sheepshead Bay, and Canarsie).
The paper was bought by
News Corporation
News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp.), also variously known as News Corporation Limited, was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New ...
in 2009. News Corporation had previously acquired the Courier-Life chain of Brooklyn papers in 2006. In 2014, News Corp sold its Community Newspaper Group to former company executive Les Goodstein and his wife Jennifer.
Schneps Media acquired Brooklyn Paper in September 2018 after purchasing its parent company, Community News Group.
References
External links
''The Brooklyn Paper''GO BrooklynBrooklyn Papers Moves Headquarters To DUMBOToday's Brooklyn PapersAnother Brooklyn Endorsement
Newspapers published in Brooklyn
Publications established in 1978
1978 establishments in New York City
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