Old Colony Memorial (newspaper)

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Old Colony Memorial, 1824

The Old Colony Memorial (est.1822) is a semiweekly newspaper published in Plymouth, Massachusetts.[1] Gannett owns the paper;[2] previous owners include the George W. Prescott Publishing Co.[3] and the Memorial Press Group.

History

19th century

The Old Colony Memorial began in 1822.[4] Publishers have included George F. Andrews, Winslow W. Avery, Allen Danforth, James A. Danforth, Charles Carroll Doten, William T. Hollis, John Morisey, Thomas Prince, James Thurber.[5][6] Among the editors: Joseph Francis Bittinger.[7]

In the 1830s, "connected with the printing office [was] a newspaper reading room where intelligence from various quarters [were] daily received, and [was] a pleasant resort for the reading gentlemen at their leisure hours. Under the same roof [was] a book-store and bindery, and a circulating library."[8] In the 19th century its main competitor was the Plymouth Rock newspaper.[9] In the 1880s the O.C. Memorial office stood on Court Street near Shirley Square,[10] and by the 1900s on Middle Street.

20th–21st century

K. Prescott Low, whose family had published The Patriot Ledger for a century, purchased Memorial Press Group (MPG) in 1979 and incorporated it into the privately owned George W. Prescott Publishing Company. Thirty years later, however, in 1997, Low found that "mega-players competing with us" made family ownership of the Ledger and MPG uneconomic, and sought to sell them.[11]

A buyer quickly emerged: James F. Plugh, owner of

US$70 million.[12]

Liberty Publishing purchased Enterprise NewsMedia in 2006 as part of a mammoth deal that also included Community Newspaper Company (CNC) – then owned by the Boston Herald – and a new name for the parent company, GateHouse Media.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Directory of New England Newspapers". New England Newspaper and Press Association. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. ^ Rowland, Christopher. Can suburban newspapers deliver? Boston Globe, May 16, 2006
  3. ^ Boston Globe, May 24, 1997
  4. ^ Old Colony Memorial, and Plymouth County Advertiser, Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 4, 1822). Library of Congress. "About Old Colony memorial, and Plymouth County advertiser. (Plymouth, Mass.) 1822-1827". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  5. OL 6905684M
  6. OL 6924981M
  7. ^ Ayer newspaper directory, 1921
  8. OL 14013347M
  9. OL 6928733M
  10. ^ Old Plymouth: a guide to its localities and objects of interest. Plymouth: Old colony memorial press, 1886
  11. ^ Stewart, Colin. "Ledger Owner Explains Decision". The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.), page 21, May 24, 1997.
  12. ^ Blanton, Kimberly. "Low Family Will Sell Patriot Ledger to the Owners of Brockton Enterprise". The Boston Globe, October 4, 1997.
  13. ^ Gatlin, Greg. "Herald to Sell Suburban Papers". Boston Herald, May 6, 2006.

Further reading

  • Langner, Paul. Plymouth Paper Absolved over Alteration in Police Ad. Boston Globe, 30 July 1991: 59.

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