Nashoba Publishing is a weekly newspaper company in the far northwest suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. It is operated by MediaNews Group in common with sister papers the Lowell Sun and Sentinel & Enterprise. It previously published several newspapers which were eventually merged into one, the Nashoba Valley Voice, in 2015.
Sisters and competitors The family that formerly owned Nashoba, headed by publisher Frank J. Hartnett Sr., sold the chain in 2000, for an undisclosed amount of money.Elfland, Mike. "MediaNews to Buy Chain of 6 Weekly Newspapers." Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette, January 21, 2000. Two years later, MediaNews opened a new plant in Devens, Massachusetts, in the middle of Nashoba's coverage area, to print Nashoba's weeklies, The Lowell Sun, and the Sentinel & Enterprise.Vaznis, James. "Media Company Merging Print Sites; $7M Plan Includes Move to Devens." The Boston Globe, August 1, 2002.
Nashoba newspapers' primary competitors are their sister dailies in Fitchburg and Lowell. Additionally, in Harvard, the company competes with an independent weekly, The Harvard Press; and in Ayer, Devens, Harvard and Shirley with the daily Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
Newspapers Nashoba's newsroom is operated at the Devens printing plant. Titles previously published by Nashoba Publishing in the past included:
Newspaper Notes Website (archived)The Ayer Public SpiritCovering Ayer; founded in 1869Groton LandmarkCovering GrotonHarvard HillsideCovering HarvardNashoba Valley ChronicleRegional news section in Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Shirley, TownsendPepperell Free PressCovering PepperellShirley OracleCovering Shirley; founded in 1869Townsend TimesCovering Townsend In 2015, the newspapers published by Nashoba Publishing were merged into a new regional newspaper, the Nashoba Valley Voice.
Newspaper Notes WebsiteNashoba Valley VoiceCovering the entire region, created in 2015
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