- Norfolk Newspaper Company
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Norfolk Newspaper Co. Industry Newspapers Fate Bought, then dissolved Successor Community Newspaper Company Defunct January 11, 1996 Headquarters 154 Copeland Drive, Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048
United StatesProducts Weekly newspapers Parent Fidelity Investments, 1990-1996 Norfolk Newspaper Company, based in Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA, founded three weekly newspapers in the suburbs south of Boston before being bought by Fidelity Investments in 1990 and dissolved into Community Newspaper Company six years later.
The company's weeklies are still published by CNC, which is now owned by GateHouse Media and is the largest publisher of weeklies in Massachusetts.
Norfolk was one of Fidelity's first acquisitions as it built CNC in the 1990s.[1] It was dissolved in early 1996, when CNC realigned its operating units by geography, assigning the papers to its new West Unit.[2]
Properties
At the time of its sale to CNC, Norfolk consisted of the following weeklies:
References
Ownership history: Fidelity Investments, 1986–2001 • Herald Media, 2001–2006 • GateHouse Media, since 2006Major acquisitions: Alta Group Newspapers • Bay State Newspaper Company • Beacon Communications Corporation (and Enterprise-Sun) • Cape Cod Publishing Company • Community Weeklies • Mariner Group (from Capital Cities/ABC) • Memorial Press Group • News-Transcript Group (from Harte-Hanks) • Norfolk Newspaper Company • North Shore Weeklies • Suburban World Newspapers • Tab CommunicationsCNC newspapers: The Daily News Transcript • The Daily News Tribune • The MetroWest Daily News • The Milford Daily News • CNC WeekliesOther GateHouse Media Massachusetts daily newspapers: The Enterprise • The Herald News • The Patriot Ledger • Taunton Daily GazetteCategories:- Media in Bristol County, Massachusetts
- Newspapers published in Massachusetts
- Defunct newspaper companies of the United States
- Defunct companies based in Massachusetts
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