The Worcester Telegram & Gazette is a daily newspaper in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events.
The newspaper is published seven days a week.
The Worcester Telegram & Gazette is known locally as the Telegram or the T&G. It covers local news across Worcester County as well as surrounding areas of central and western Massachusetts and several towns in Windham County in northeastern Connecticut. The T&G publishes a Sunday edition called the Sunday Telegram.
The Telegram was sold to GateHouse Media on January 9, 2015 as part of the sale of Halifax Media Group to New Media Investment Group Inc., the parent company of GateHouse. It was the third time the T&G had changed hands in 16 months. Boston billionaire John W. Henry bought the T&G from the New York Times Company in August 2013 as part of a $70 million deal that included The Boston Globe. In May 2014, Henry sold the T&G to Halifax Media but kept the Globe. On November 19, 2019, the paper became part of Gannett Company when New Media bought Gannett and merged it with GateHouse under the Gannett name.
Circulation estimate: 74,563
The Worcester Telegram & Gazette is one of the highest circulation newspapers in the USA.
This newspaper is owned by Gannett Company, Inc.
| Entertainment editor: | Victor Infante |
| Sports editor: | Jim Wilson |
For Worcester Telegram & Gazette contact information, see the Massachusetts news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
Very Good (2 votes)'No More Real Newspaper' in Worcester MA A Newspaper Pay Wall Goes Up
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Begins Charging for Online Content
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Plans Paid Website
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-- Mayor Joseph Petty of Worcester, Massachusetts said on August 14, 2019 "There is no more real newspaper in the city of Worcester." The comment about the Worcester Telegram & Gazette came after the layoff of columnist Clive McFarlane along with layoffs at other newspapers owned by GateHouse Media.
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'There is no more real newspaper in the city of Worcester'
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, August 22, 2019
-- And So Do Visitor Numbers
-- The Wall Street Journal's AllThingsDigital reported on October 19, 2010:
"The New York Times is getting ready to roll out a "metered model" pay wall in January, and plenty of people fret that the paper will see its audience disappear when the (porous) gates go up. Here's a counterargument: The Telegram & Gazette.
In August, the...
-- The New York Times reported on August 15, 2010:
"The Telegram & Gazette, a New York Times Company-owned newspaper in Worcester, Mass., said that it would begin charging readers to view some of the local news articles that appear on the paper's Web site.
Starting on Monday, the paper will begin using a metered pay wall model that will allow readers to view 10 local news articles per month free. Once they...
-- The newspaper reported on April 25, 2010:
"The Telegram & Gazette will begin charging some online readers for locally produced news content on its website, telegram.com, starting this summer.
Newspaper subscribers will continue to be able to access all content at no charge. However, non-subscribers will be asked to pay after they hit a predetermined number of staff-generated local news...
-- The Boston Globe reported on December 8, 2009:
"The move follows a similar decision by the Times Co. to hold onto The Boston Globe, which it also tried to sell for several months before ultimately deciding to take the paper, New England's largest, off the market.
The Globe, the Telegram, and their websites, www.boston.com and www.telegram.com, form the Times Co.'s New England Media Group."
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, December 8, 2009Also in Massachusetts...
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