Phoenix Media/Communications Group
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Phoenix Media/Communications Group is an American,
interests. It was known for its involvement in publishing and broadcasting.Operations
Phoenix Media's current outlets include the ).
The Boston Phoenix has its origins in an alternative newsweekly started in 1966. In 1972, its absorbed Cambridge Phoenix, a rival publication, and the company has used the "Phoenix" name ever since. In 1998, the company acquiring the NewPaper in Rhode Island and re-christened that publication Providence Phoenix in 1993. In September 1999, the paper extended its reach into Maine and southern New Hampshire with the publication of the Portland Phoenix.
The sports and magazine division publishes the official yearbooks for the
Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts, and the Bank of America Pavilion summer music series.[1]
Through its Tele-publishing, Inc., subsidiary, Phoenix Media owns People2People.com, the world's largest provider of
the web's most advanced online personals site.[1] Phoenix Media also owns MassWeb Printing, an offset printing facility which prints many of its own product plus many other regional newspapers.[1]
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