The company's properties were assembled by Fidelity Investments in the 1980s; Fidelity founded the company and then sold it to the Boston Herald in 2001. Five years later, the chain was purchased by, and immediately became the largest single component of, GateHouse Media. GateHouse gradually phased out CNC branding in favor of "WickedLocal.com", the company's website, and GateHouse Media New England; this process was complete by 2011, when staff email addresses dropped the "@cnc.com" domain.[1]
The GateHouse purchase in mid-2006 included CNC as well as Enterprise News Media, publisher of two dailies and several weeklies that competed with CNC's South Shore holdings. The weeklies were incorporated into CNC and the company also forged close ties with its new sister dailies, The Enterprise and The Patriot Ledger, although they—and later GateHouse Media Massachusetts acquisitions The Herald News and the Taunton Daily Gazette—retained their own editorial hierarchy, however, and were not considered part of Community Newspaper Company.
CNC's holdings, as well as its Massachusetts sister papers and The Bulletin in Connecticut, now constitute GateHouse Media New England.
CNC published more than 100 weeklies, semiweeklies and monthly publications. Each publication was classified in one of five or six semi-autonomous units (Cape, Metro, North, Northwest, South, West), each with its own editor-in-chief, covering distinct geographic areas of eastern Massachusetts and named for its location with respect to Boston.
The West Unit included oversight over all the daily newspapers, in addition to most of the CNC weeklies that complement them; at times, the Cape Unit properties were considered part of the South Unit.
Referencesedit
^Mathis, Gregory (August 2, 2011). "For the Record: A Wicked Important Change". Halifax-Plympton Reporter. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
External linksedit
The MetroWest Daily News
WickedLocal.com, Website of the CNC weeklies
March 17, 2024
community, newspaper, company, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jst. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Community Newspaper Company news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message For companies with similar names see Community Newspapers disambiguation Community Newspaper Company or CNC was the largest publisher of weekly newspapers in eastern Massachusetts in the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century It also published several daily newspapers in Greater Boston Community Newspaper Co Company typeDivision of publicly held companyIndustryPublishingFoundedJanuary 1991 1991 01 Defunct2011 2011 Headquarters254 Second Avenue Needham Massachusetts 02494 United StatesArea servedEastern MassachusettsProductsDaily and weekly newspapersParentGannettDivisionsCape Metro North Northwest South WestWebsiteWickedLocal comThe company s properties were assembled by Fidelity Investments in the 1980s Fidelity founded the company and then sold it to the Boston Herald in 2001 Five years later the chain was purchased by and immediately became the largest single component of GateHouse Media GateHouse gradually phased out CNC branding in favor of WickedLocal com the company s website and GateHouse Media New England this process was complete by 2011 when staff email addresses dropped the cnc com domain 1 Contents 1 Holdings 1 1 Weeklies 2 References 3 External linksHoldings editCNC s flagship publication was The MetroWest Daily News based in Framingham Massachusetts In 2011 it also published The Milford Daily News It had also published and closed three other daily newspapers The Daily News Transcript The Daily News Tribune and the Enterprise Sun The GateHouse purchase in mid 2006 included CNC as well as Enterprise News Media publisher of two dailies and several weeklies that competed with CNC s South Shore holdings The weeklies were incorporated into CNC and the company also forged close ties with its new sister dailies The Enterprise and The Patriot Ledger although they and later GateHouse Media Massachusetts acquisitions The Herald News and the Taunton Daily Gazette retained their own editorial hierarchy however and were not considered part of Community Newspaper Company CNC s holdings as well as its Massachusetts sister papers and The Bulletin in Connecticut now constitute GateHouse Media New England Weeklies edit Main article List of Community Newspaper Company weeklies CNC published more than 100 weeklies semiweeklies and monthly publications Each publication was classified in one of five or six semi autonomous units Cape Metro North Northwest South West each with its own editor in chief covering distinct geographic areas of eastern Massachusetts and named for its location with respect to Boston The West Unit included oversight over all the daily newspapers in addition to most of the CNC weeklies that complement them at times the Cape Unit properties were considered part of the South Unit References edit Mathis Gregory August 2 2011 For the Record A Wicked Important Change Halifax Plympton Reporter Retrieved May 26 2012 External links editThe MetroWest Daily News WickedLocal com Website of the CNC weeklies Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Community Newspaper Company amp oldid 1154282337, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
