Type | Private |
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Industry | Newspapers |
Founded | 1837 |
Headquarters | 1 Bradford Street, Bristol, Rhode Island 02809 USA |
Key people | Matthew Hayes, owner-publisher Lisa Carro, business manager Jock Hayes, operations manager |
Products | Seven weeklies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island |
Website | EastBayRI.com |
East Bay Newspapers, also called Phoenix-Times Publishing Company, is a publisher based in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, and owner of seven weekly newspapers in eastern Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.
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East Bay began with the Bristol Phoenix, founded by William H.S. Hayley in 1837. Current owner Matthew Hayes is descended from Roswell S. Bosworth Sr., who took over the paper in 1929. The company's Web presence debuted in 1998.[1]
East Bay publishes five newspapers in Rhode Island, spanning Bristol, Newport and Providence counties, and two in Bristol County, Massachusetts. News bureaux is maintained in Rhode Island at 1 Bradford Street, Bristol.