Community Newspaper Company
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Community Newspaper Company, a subsidiary of GateHouse Media, is a newspaper publisher in eastern Massachusetts.
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[edit] Newspapers
CNC's newspaper holdings are divided into six semi-autonomous units, each with its own editor-in-chief, covering distinct geographic areas of eastern Massachusetts. A seventh "unit" consists of newspapers formerly held by Memorial Press Group, which is being combined with CNC's South Unit.
Listed along with each title is the city, town or neighborhood it covers; whether it is distributed free or paid; and what day of the week it is published.
[edit] Metro Unit
The Metro papers cover neighborhoods of Boston and close-in suburbs. They are:
- Allston-Brighton Tab of Allston and Brighton (Boston) -- paid, Friday.
- Brookline Tab of Brookline -- free, Thursday.
- Cambridge Chronicle of Cambridge -- paid, Thursday.
- Cambridge Tab of Cambridge -- free, Friday.
- Dover-Sherborn Press of Dover and Sherborn -- paid, Thursday.
- Roslindale Transcript of Roslindale (Boston) -- paid, Thursday.
- Somerville Journal of Somerville -- paid, Thursday.
- Needham Times of Needham -- free, Thursday.
- Newton Tab of Newton -- free, Wednesday.
- Watertown Tab of Watertown -- paid, Thursday.
- Wellesley Townsman of Wellesley -- paid, Thursday.
- West Roxbury Transcript of West Roxbury (Boston) -- paid, Thursday.
[edit] North Unit
The following titles are published out of the North Unit's offices in Beverly:
- Amesbury News of Amesbury -- paid, Friday.
- Beverly Citizen of Beverly -- paid, Thursday.
- Danvers Herald of Danvers -- paid, Thursday.
- Georgetown Record of Georgetown -- paid, Thursday.
- Hamilton Wenham Chronicle of Hamilton and Wenham -- paid, Thursday.
- Ipswich Chronicle of Ipswich -- paid, Thursday.
- Malden Observer of Malden -- paid, Friday.
- Marblehead Reporter of Marblehead -- paid, Thursday.
- Medford Transcript of Medford -- paid, Thursday.
- Melrose Free Press of Melrose -- paid, Thursday.
- Newburyport Current of Newburyport and surrounding towns -- free, Friday.
- North Andover Citizen of North Andover -- paid, Friday.
- North Shore Sunday of Lynn, Peabody and surrounding towns -- free, Friday.
- Salem Gazette of Salem -- free, Friday.
- Saugus Advertiser of Saugus -- paid, Thursday.
- Stoneham Sun of Stoneham -- free, Wednesday.
- Swampscott Reporter of Swampscott -- paid, Thursday.
- Tri-Town Transcript of Boxford, Middleton and Topsfield -- paid, Friday.
- Wakefield Observer of Wakefield -- paid, Thursday.
[edit] Northwest Unit
From its two main offices in Concord and Lexington, and satellite bureaus in Bolton and Clinton, Northwest is the company's largest concentration of weeklies. They are:
- Arlington Advocate of Arlington -- paid, Thursday.
- The Beacon of Acton and Boxborough -- paid, Thursday.
- The Beacon-Villager of Maynard and Stow -- paid, Thursday.
- Bedford Minuteman of Bedford -- paid, Thursday.
- Belmont Citizen-Herald of Belmont -- paid, Thursday.
- Billerica Minuteman of Billerica -- paid, Thursday.
- Bolton Common of Bolton -- paid, Friday.
- Burlington Union of Burlington -- paid, Thursday.
- Chelmsford Independent of Chelmsford -- paid, Thursday.
- Concord Journal of Concord -- paid, Thursday.
- Harvard Post of Harvard -- paid, Friday.
- Lexington Minuteman of Lexington -- paid, Thursday.
- Lincoln Journal of Lincoln -- paid, Thursday.
- Littleton Independent of Littleton -- paid, Thursday.
- Tewksbury Advocate of Tewksbury -- paid, Thursday.
- Times & Courier of Clinton and Lancaster -- paid, Thursday.
- The Reading Advocate of Reading -- paid, Thursday.
- Westford Eagle of Westford -- paid, Thursday.
- Wilmington Advocate of Wilmington -- free, Thursday.
- Winchester Star of Winchester -- paid, Thursday.
- Woburn Advocate of Woburn -- free, Thursday.
[edit] West Unit
Newspapers in the West Unit include all four CNC dailies and a few Framingham-area weeklies published "as editions of the MetroWest Daily News." The non-Daily News West weeklies include titles in Boston's western suburbs -- MetroWest -- as well as several in Norfolk County, southwest and south of the city, and a few farther south in Bristol County.
- Ashland Tab of Ashland -- paid, Thursday.
- Canton Journal of Canton -- paid, Friday.
- Country Gazette of Franklin and surrounding towns -- free, Friday.
- Easton Journal of Easton -- paid, Friday.
- Framingham Tab of Framingham -- free, Friday.
- Holliston Tab of Holliston -- paid, Thursday.
- Hopkinton Crier of Hopkinton -- paid, Friday.
- Hudson Sun of Hudson -- paid, Thursday.
- Mansfield News of Mansfield -- paid, Friday.
- Marlborough Enterprise of Marlborough -- paid, Thursday.
- Medfield Press of Medfield -- paid, Thursday.
- Norton Mirror of Norton -- paid, Friday.
- Sharon Advocate of Sharon -- paid, Friday.
- Shrewsbury Chronicle of Shrewsbury -- paid, Thursday.
- Southboro Villager of Northborough and Southborough -- paid, Friday.
- Stoughton Journal of Stoughton -- paid, Friday.
- Westborough News of Westborough -- paid, Friday.
- Weston Town Crier and Weston Tab of Weston -- paid, Thursday.
- Westwood Press of Westwood -- paid, Thursday.
[edit] MetroWest Daily News
- Daily News Transcript of Dedham and surrounding towns -- paid, five-day daily.
- Daily News Tribune of Newton and Waltham -- paid, five-day daily.
- MetroWest Daily News of Framingham and surrounding towns -- paid, seven-day daily.
- Milford Daily News of Milford and surrounding towns -- paid, seven-day daily.
- Natick Bulletin and Natick Tab of Natick -- paid, Friday and Sunday.
- Sudbury Town Crier and Sudbury Tab of Sudbury -- paid, Thursday and Sunday.
- Wayland Town Crier and Wayland Tab of Wayland -- paid, Thursday and Sunday.
[edit] South Unit
- Abington Rockland Mariner of Abington and Rockland -- paid, Friday.
- Braintree Forum of Braintree -- paid, Wednesday.
- Cohasset Mariner of Cohasset -- paid, Friday.
- Hanover Mariner of Hanover -- paid, Wednesday.
- Hingham Journal of Hingham -- paid, Thursday.
- Holbrook Sun of Holbrook -- paid, Friday.
- Kingston Mariner of Kingston -- free, Friday.
- Marshfield Mariner of Marshfield -- paid, Wednesday.
- Norwell Mariner of Norwell -- paid, Thursday.
- Pembroke Mariner of Pembroke -- paid, Wednesday.
- Plymouth Bulletin of Plymouth -- free, Thursday.
- Scituate Mariner of Scituate -- paid, Thursday.
- Wareham Bulletin of Wareham -- free, Friday.
- Weymouth News of Weymouth -- paid, Wednesday.
[edit] Memorial Press Group
- Avon Messenger of Avon -- free, Wednesday.
- Bridgewater Independent of Bridgewater -- free, Wednesday.
- Carver Reporter of Carver -- paid, Wednesday.
- Duxbury Reporter of Duxbury -- free, Friday.
- East Bridgewater Star of East Bridgewater -- free, Wednesday.
- Halifax-Plympton Reporter of Halifax and Plympton -- paid, Wednesday.
- Hanson Town Crier of Hanson -- free, Wednesday.
- Kingston Reporter of Kingston -- paid, Friday.
- Lakeville Call of Lakeville -- free, Wednesday.
- Norwood Bulletin of Norwood -- paid, Wednesday.
- Old Colony Memorial of Plymouth -- paid, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Randolph Herald of [{Randolph, Massachusetts|]] -- free, Wednesday.
- Raynham Call of Raynham -- free, Wednesday.
- The Sentinel -- paid, Wednesday.
- Taunton Call of Taunton -- free, Wednesday.
- Wareham Courier of Wareham -- paid, Wednesday.
- West Bridgewater Times of West Bridgewater -- free, Wednesday.
- Whitman Times of Whitman -- free, Wednesday.
[edit] Cape Unit
- Cape Codder -- paid, Friday.
- Harwich Oracle of Harwich -- paid, Wednesday.
- The Register of Barnstable -- paid, Thursday.
- Upper Cape Codder -- paid, Thursday.