Vermont Community Newspaper Group

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Vermont Community Newspaper Group
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Founded2019 (2019)
Headquarters location49 School Street, Stowe, VT 05672 United States
Official website https://www.vtcng.com/

The Vermont Community Newspaper Group is a media company and publisher of five weekly newspapers and multiple magazines in the U.S. state of Vermont.

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History

After owning the Stowe Reporter for 17 years, publisher Biddle Duke sold a majority stake in December 2014 to Bob Miller of New York and Norb Garret of California. Greg Popa replaced Duke as publisher. [1] On Oct. 1, 2015, the Stowe Reporter bought the Morrisville News and Citizen. [2] In May 2017, they bought the Shelburne News , a weekly covering Shelburne, Vermont, and The Citizen , a weekly covering the towns of Charlotte and Hinesburg, Vermont. [3]

In January 2019, the company had grown to include six weekly community newspapers and changed its name to the Vermont Community Newspaper Group. [4]

On March 26, 2020, the company announced that the Waterbury Record was suspending publication after 13 years. [5]

In July 2020, the company laid off three of its nine editorial employees, including Tom Kearney who had served as managing editor. Additional positions were also eliminated. [6]

Newspapers

The Vermont Community Newspaper Group publishes five weekly newspapers:

All five newspapers operate websites with updated news throughout the week.

From 2007 until March 2020, the group also published the Waterbury Record. [5]

Magazines

The company publishes multiple magazines:

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References

  1. Heintz, Paul (5 December 2014). "edia Note: Publisher to Sell Stowe Reporter, Waterbury Record". Seven Days VT. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. "Stowe Reporter buys News & Citizen". Stowe Today. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  3. Walters, John. "Media Note: Stowe Reporter Owners Buy Shelburne, Charlotte Newspapers". Seven Days. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  4. "Newspaper group has new name, six weekly papers". Stowe Today. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. 1 2 "Waterbury Record publishes its last issue". Waterbury Record. Vermont Community Newspaper Group. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. Heintz, Paul (23 July 2020). "Media Note: Stowe Reporter Lays Off Newsroom Staff". Seven Days VT. Retrieved 10 February 2021.