The Herald News

Infobox Newspaper
name = The Herald News


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type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1892
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owners = GateHouse Media
publisher = Dan Goodrich
editor = Lisa Strattan
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circulation = 20,627 daily, 20,520 Sunday in 2006 [Audit Bureau of Circulation "eCirc" report for six months ending September 30, 2006, at [http://www.accessabc.com www.accessabc.com] , accessed January 7, 2007.]
headquarters = 207 Pocasset Street, Fall River, Massachusetts 02722 USA
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website = [http://www.heraldnews.com/ heraldnews.com]

The smaller of the two main newspapers in Massachusetts' South Coast, "The Herald News" is a daily newspaper based in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. Its coverage area includes Fall River and the nearby towns of Dighton, Freetown, Somerset, Swansea and Westport, Massachusetts; and Little Compton and Tiverton, Rhode Island. [Audit Bureau of Circulations. "Reader Profile Report: The Herald News," March, 2006]

"The Herald News", formerly owned by Journal Register Company, was sold in December 2006 to GateHouse Media, which owns several daily and weekly newspapers in Massachusetts.Gavin, Robert. "GateHouse Buys More Mass. Papers." "The Boston Globe", December 2, 2006.]

Sisters and competitors

"The Herald News"' main competitor to the east is "The Standard-Times" of the other South Coast city, New Bedford, Massachusetts. In its northern towns, "The Herald News" competes with the "Taunton Daily Gazette", although the two were both owned by Journal Register and sold together to GateHouse.

Before the GateHouse sale, "The Herald News" was part of Journal Register's New England group, which included the "The Call" in Woonsocket, "Kent County Daily Times" and "The Times" of Pawtucket, all in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island newspapers were not included in the sale. [Rowland, Christopher. "Chain Aims to Sell Papers in Region." "The Boston Globe", August 29, 2006.]

Also associated with "The Herald News", and included in the $70 million GateHouse sale, are "O Jornal" (a Portuguese-language weekly) and "El Latino Expreso" (a Spanish-language weekly), catering to the substantial immigrant population of the South Coast, and the "Free-Press" of North Attleborough, Massachusetts.

History

Three Fall River newspapers combined in 1892 to form "The Herald News": the "Fall River News", which dated from 1845; the "Fall River Daily Herald", 1872, and the "Fall River Daily Globe", 1885. [ [http://www.heraldnews.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1710&pag=460&dept_id=586223&nr=1&nostat=1 The Herald News: About Us] , accessed January 7, 2007.] In the 1960s The Herald-News was owned by Mark Goodson, the creator of the popular televison game show "To Tell The Truth." The newspaper established its headquarters on lower Pocasset Street on Fall River, along the Quequechan River, which was routed through a pipe to make way for Interstate 195, from which The Herald-News building remains visible as one enters Fall River from the Braga Bridge. E.J. Dionne, The New York Times Washington Correspondent and later Washington Post columnist worked there as an intern; M. Charles Bakst, long-time columnist of The Providence Journal, began his career there. At its height, The Herald News circulated approximately 45,000 copies per day.

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External links

* [http://www.heraldnews.com/ "The Herald News" Website]