Hathaway Publishing
Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Founded | 1932 |
Defunct | December 2013 |
Fate | Acquired by News Corporation, 2007-2013 |
Website | hathawaypublishing |
Hathaway Publishing was a subsidiary of The Local Media Group Inc. Hathaway published five weekly newspapers in the South Coast region of Massachusetts.
History
Owned by the Hathaway family until 1997, the company later partnered with its former competitor, the Ottaway daily The Standard-Times of New Bedford, Massachusetts.[1] Together, the two companies comprised Ottaway's South Coast Media Group.[2] William T. Kennedy serves as publisher of both properties, although former owner Warren G. Hathaway is publisher emeritus of the weeklies. Both Hathaway and The Standard-Times contribute to a regional Web site, SouthCoastToday.com.[3]
News Corp. acquired Ottaway when it bought parent company
On September 4, 2013,
Holdings
Hathaway published four newspapers at the time Ottaway bought it: The Advocate, The Chronicle, the Middleboro Gazette and The Spectator. The Somerset, Massachusetts-based family company was founded by Sidney L. Hathaway Jr., who established The Spectator there in 1932. In 2003, Ottaway added the fifth newspaper, The Fall River Spirit.
References
- ^ Bushnell, Davis. "It's Independents' Day No More." The Boston Globe, December 28, 1997
- ^ SouthCoast Media Marketing Guide Archived 2006-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 10, 2007.
- ^ SouthCoastToday.com
- Archive-It, page 3.
- ^ "News Corp. sells 33 papers to New York investors". New York Business Journal. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ "GateHouse Files for Bankruptcy as Part of Fortress Plan". Bloomberg.