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35-612: In its last years, the Tribune was managed and printed by The MetroWest Daily News , and owned by Community Newspaper Company , a division of GateHouse Media . In 2010, the Tribune printed its last daily edition, and was replaced by a weekly newspaper called the Waltham News Tribune . It no longer covers Newton. By 1980, the News-Tribune was part of a five-paper chain, Transcript Newspapers Inc., that included

70-407: A CD-ROM or Zip disk , or sent to the printing press (either located at the newspaper office or an off-site publication plant) by e-mail or FTP site. Often, the staff of a weekly newspaper is smaller, with employees having several duties. For instance, a news editor may also sell advertising, while reporters could also be photographers. The size of the news staff varies, depending on the size of

105-448: A municipality or other government body must designate a newspaper of record . The official newspaper is decided based on geographical area, and often more than one newspapers are given this designation. Official newspapers receive the government's public notices, and since they are considered advertising, it can be a source of revenue for newspapers. Weekly newspapers often have one or more advertising sales representatives whose job it

140-585: A per-story rate. Many weekly newspapers started as family-owned businesses, covering one or two communities and handling all editorial and business functions. The Tribune Newspaper in Humble, Texas is one example. Typically all business functions, along with the editor-in-chief would be family members, while non family members would assume reporting positions. Another example is the Campbell County Observer published in N.E. Wyoming. The owner

175-476: A program such as Adobe Photoshop . After the copy and advertisements have been placed on the page, the editor will print out a proof and make any changes, if necessary. Sometimes, they will consult with reporters on such things as double-checking facts, proofreading headlines and other copy, or writing cut-lines for photographs. Once everyone is satisfied, a final proof is printed out and prepared for publication. The pages can be placed on dummy sheets, burned to

210-623: A publisher overseeing several newspapers, with a specific editor for each newspaper. Generally speaking, the staff of corporate-owned chain weeklies do not have deep connections into the communities and do not prioritize accountability for local governments. The switch from locally owned weekly newspapers to corporate chains, which is often driven by the loss of advertising revenue , is associated with increases in taxes, reduced involvement by citizens in local government , fewer citizens voting in elections, more wasteful spending, and even higher levels of corruption . At Christmas Day, depending on

245-1351: A similar format as daily newspapers (i.e., news, sports, obituaries , etc.). However, the primary focus is on news within a coverage area. The publication dates of weekly newspapers in North America vary, but often they come out in the middle of the week (Wednesday or Thursday). However, in the United Kingdom where they come out on Sundays, the weeklies which are called Sunday newspapers , are often national in scope and have substantial circulations (20 to 50% higher on average than their daily sister publications). Other types of news publications come out weekly on newsprint but are not considered general newspapers. These cover specific topics, such as sports (e.g., The Sporting News ) or business (e.g., Barron's ), and have larger circulations and cover much larger geographic-coverage areas. Alternatively, other news publications come out weekly on magazine-style print but are still considered general newspapers (e.g. The Economist ). The first weekly newspapers were Relation and weekly newspaper Aviso , which were published at beginning of 17th century. The Relation started around 1605 in Straßburg by Johann Carolus and

280-667: A similar move with its Waltham property in August 2010, adopting a semiweekly printing schedule for the renamed Waltham News Tribune , and focusing that paper's coverage on its home city. GateHouse continued to cover Newton via the Newton Tab , a weekly newspaper that CNC had owned since 1992. One year later, in July 2011, the Waltham News Tribune printed its final Tuesday edition, converting to once-a-week publication on Fridays. The MetroWest Daily News The MetroWest Daily News

315-451: A sports reporter takes great ownership in a specific team and writes stories containing detailed accounts of games. Several photographs of the games may accompany the story. Other stories preview games, usually between traditional rivals, to build interest. Family news pages include announcements of births, engagements, weddings, landmark birthdays and anniversaries, and obituaries . In the past, correspondents often submitted stories along

350-466: A weekly newspaper receives most of its revenue from display advertising and classified advertising . Most weekly newspapers are laid out one or more days before the publication date. Sometimes, the layout of pages is staggered, to allow for multiple deadlines. Like larger newspapers, most weekly newspapers these days are paginated (or laid out) using computer software, using programs such as Adobe PageMaker , Adobe InDesign or Quark Xpress . Layout

385-637: Is an American daily newspaper published in Framingham, Massachusetts , serving the MetroWest region of suburban Boston . The newspaper is owned by Gannett . The newspaper covers several cities and towns in Norfolk , Middlesex and Worcester counties. Until 1998 it was named for Middlesex County (most recently as the Middlesex News ) or for the then-town of Framingham (through most of

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420-477: Is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet , magazine , and digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspaper is published once every two weeks. Weekly newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and often cover smaller territories, such as one or more smaller towns, a rural county, or a few neighborhoods in a large city. Frequently, weeklies cover local news and engage in community journalism . Most weekly newspapers follow

455-400: Is the appearance of the page and includes photographs (along with cutlines, or captions identifying the photograph's content and people), copy (the text and its typefont), headlines and white space. At many newspapers, photographers, reporters and editors use digital cameras to take photographs and download selected photographs using a card reader. The photographs are cropped and edited using

490-522: Is the publisher who also performs advertising sales, writing, distribution, books, and other duties that may be required. His wife, Candice, is an advertising saleswoman, his nine-year-old and four-year-old children are the insert stuffers, and they all are door-to-door subscription salespeople. As newspapers became more expensive to operate and family members declined to join the business, many weekly newspapers were purchased by larger chains of weeklies. Some family-owned newspapers are operated as chains, with

525-684: Is the sixth for the Daily News . Known at the start of 20th century as the Framingham Evening News , it became simply the Framingham News in 1926 and carried that moniker until 1971, when the South Middlesex Daily News was adopted. Six years later, that name was shortened to South Middlesex News , then in 1979 to Middlesex News , which remained its name until 1998. The regional term MetroWest

560-422: Is to sell display advertisements. Most advertisements are from local businesses (although some larger companies from outside the coverage area may advertise). Other advertisements are called classifieds , which are placed by people who want to buy or sell something (such as a car or real estate), employers who have job openings, or property owners who have rental property available. Along with paid subscriptions,

595-594: The Boston Herald . The new owner instituted a content-sharing arrangement between CNC and the Herald , resulting in a regular stream of Daily News stories appearing in the Boston newspaper. That arrangement continued for a time after the Herald sold CNC to Liberty Group Publishing (later renamed GateHouse Media ) in 2006. After converting The Daily News Transcript to a weekly newspaper in 2009, GateHouse made

630-645: The Daily Transcript of Dedham and three weekly newspapers in West Roxbury - Roslindale (neighborhoods of Boston ), Newton and Needham ( suburbs west of Boston). Between August 1984 and March 1986, the company was sold four times: to Gillett Communications in 1984; then to Thomson Newspapers that December; in April 1985 to William Dean Singleton (head of MediaNews Group ) -- and eventually, in 1986, to Harte-Hanks , which combined it with

665-587: The Associated Press , the Middlesex News in 1980 offered a digital text edition to CompuServe . The bulletin board service's subscribers could then, via dial-up , access News stories on their personal computers. In 1987, the paper debuted its own BBS , called Fred the Computer . Subscribers could dial into Fred and see the next day's headlines, submit press releases and write letters to

700-627: The Aviso started in January 1609 in Wolfenbüttel . Many weekly newspapers in North America follow a similar format: News coverage usually focuses on local events such as car accidents or house fires, plus local government meetings, such as city councils or school boards, and police blotters. A weekly newspaper often covers sports teams from one or more area schools (mostly high schools ), communities, or professional teams if any exist. Often,

735-497: The Middlesex News to form News-Transcript Group . News-Transcript, a chain of three dailies and several weekly newspapers stretching from Boston west to Framingham, Massachusetts , remained a Harte-Hanks property until 1994, when the company continued its divestment of print properties by selling the Massachusetts papers to Fidelity Investments ' Community Newspaper Company , already the publisher of dozens of weeklies in

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770-567: The News . The News ' weekly competitors were mostly bought out by Fidelity Investments in the early 1990s, and became sister papers in 1994, when Harte-Hanks decided to sell its newspapers and Fidelity's Community Newspaper Company announced it would buy the News-Transcript Group. Before purchasing News-Transcript, CNC's only daily was the News rival Enterprise-Sun of Marlborough . The News ' daily circulation at

805-644: The Townsman in Wellesley . That year, Harte-Hanks added the Daily Transcript of Dedham and the News-Tribune of Waltham , and 17 weeklies, to its holdings, and merged its Massachusetts properties into a single organization that became known as News-Transcript Group . Around that time, amid a review of the four local newspaper companies competing in the Framingham area, The Boston Globe gave

840-513: The Boston suburbs. A 1999 fire destroyed the News-Tribune office at 99 Moody Street, Waltham, but the paper continued to publish, initially settling in CNC's Needham headquarters before returning to a new office in Waltham. CNC changed the newspaper's name, in 1999, to The Daily News Tribune , to emphasize the paper's connections its sister papers. In 2000, Fidelity sold CNC to the publisher of

875-648: The community). Others may be recent college graduates early in their career, and are trying to gain experience and/or clips. Many newspapers have at least one news clerk or editorial assistant who is responsible for typing family news and obituaries , as well as news releases announcing upcoming events. A circulation manager keeps track of subscribers (this can range from only a couple hundred to tens of thousands of subscribers), and may also be in charge of classified advertising . As well as full-time staff reporters and photographers, many weekly newspapers also employ correspondents (sometimes called stringers), often paid on

910-425: The editor , written by readers on a specific topic. The public-record section usually includes summaries of police-incident reports, fire-department calls and court dispositions (or, the outcome of a criminal proceeding). Many newspapers also publish a list of building permits that have been issued in its circulation area. Public notices typically fall into one of two categories: Laws in many US states dictate that

945-544: The editor. In 1993, the News set up a Gopher site, making it the first general-circulation United States newspaper on the Internet. The online edition of The MetroWest Daily News was launched in September 2001. It shares templates and systems with other GateHouse New England properties' websites, at Wicked Local. Weekly newspaper A weekly newspaper is a general-news or current affairs publication that

980-403: The family business operating weekly newspapers in multiple towns. The chain newspapers can be either regional or national chains. Sometimes all advertising functions are combined, with a weekly newspaper containing both ads for local businesses and for businesses in the chains area. This larger circulation can assist in bringing in national advertising to weeklies. Weeklies in chains may also have

1015-545: The lines of "Mr. and Mrs. John Jones had company from out-of-town last week", although these types of stories – commonly called "Neighborhood News" or some similar name – are largely a thing of the past. Larger weeklies, especially those that are part of chains, also offer lifestyle features, reviews of local theater and arts, restaurant reviews and a food section that may concentrate on local recipes. Like daily newspapers, weekly newspapers often have an editorial page. Editorial pages also include letters to

1050-650: The mid-20th century, as the Framingham News ). Originally a locally owned evening newspaper, the News was purchased by the Harte-Hanks newspaper chain as its first foray into Massachusetts journalism, in 1972. By 1986, the paper sold 49,000 copies daily and 55,000 on Sunday, and also published four Framingham-area weekly newspapers : the Town Crier papers in Sudbury , Wayland and Weston , and

1085-643: The newspaper and its circulation area. Some papers have a staff of several reporters , with each reporter having a specific beat (much like a daily newspaper, with beats including schools, local government, business, police, etc.). Many smaller newspapers, however, may have as few as one reporter to cover the entire circulation area, meaning they are responsible for the entire content of the newspaper (e.g., government, business, schools, crime, features, etc.). The experience of weekly newspaper reporters varies. Some may have years of experience (either they are satisfied where they are employed, and/or may be well-established in

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1120-438: The paper credit for wide-ranging coverage of foreign, national, local, sports, arts and lifestyle news, but Tab Communications publisher Russell Pergament said his daily competition left a niche for his community papers: There's an undercurrent of resentment toward the Middlesex News . People are not getting enough local news. Well, we're going to give them local news like they've never had it before -- we're going to out- News

1155-463: The paper's northern coverage area, western Middlesex County, did not feel they belonged to) and "South Middlesex" (which excluded towns in other counties). Reporter Greg Supernovich suggested the name—for which he received dinner for two. As befits a newspaper covering Massachusetts ' high-tech corridor—an earlier alternative to "MetroWest" was "Databelt" —the Daily News was among the pioneers in electronic publishing. Along with ten other members of

1190-505: The time was given as 35,516, and 45,174 on Sunday. In 2000, after adding more weeklies to its fold, Fidelity sold CNC to the publisher of the Boston Herald . The new owner instituted a content-sharing arrangement between CNC and the Herald , resulting in a regular stream of Daily News stories appearing in the Boston newspaper. That arrangement continued for a short while after the Herald sold CNC to Liberty Group Publishing (later renamed GateHouse Media ) in 2006. The current name

1225-478: Was promoted to the nameplate October 19, 1998, as a response to the dissolution of county government in Middlesex County, and a recognition of the newspaper's reach into Norfolk and Worcester counties. The name had been coined and adopted by the newspaper in the 1980s as a means of giving its circulation area more of a shared identity than earlier alternatives -- "Greater Framingham" (which many towns in

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