The Daily Hampshire Gazette is a six-day morning daily newspaper based in Northampton, Massachusetts , United States, and covering all of Hampshire County , southern towns of Franklin County , and Holyoke . The newspaper prints Monday through Saturday, with the latter labeled "Weekend Edition". As of 2024, it is the longest running daily newspaper in Massachusetts.
20-562: Newspapers of New England , based in Concord, New Hampshire , owns both the Gazette and the main daily to the north, The Recorder of Greenfield, Massachusetts . The Gazette also competes in its own coverage area with The Republican , a regional daily in Springfield . In addition to the daily newspaper, Gazette newsrooms publish one weekly newspaper serving Northampton's suburbs, based in
40-753: A competing alternative weekly newspaper, the Valley Advocate of Northampton . The Advocate had begun as an independent newspaper but was then owned by Advocate Weekly Newspapers , which also published weeklies in Connecticut . The Advocate ' s owner at the time, the Tribune Company , sold the Massachusetts weekly to focus on its Connecticut properties, which included the Hartford Courant daily. The Gazette ' s owners announced they would move
60-453: A pioneer in establishing an Internet presence, now known as gazettenet.com . Originally an afternoon newspaper, the Gazette responded to shifting readership demographics by moving its publication time earlier in the day, although it long resisted making the switch to early morning delivery on weekdays (the Saturday edition converted to morning distribution in the early 1970s). By the time of
80-644: Is the Concord Monitor , in New Hampshire's capital. Its largest circulation newspaper in Massachusetts is the Daily Hampshire Gazette of Northampton . The company was founded in the late 1970s as a holding company for various properties owned by the Dwight family, longtime publishers of the (now defunct) Holyoke Transcript-Telegram . Under the leadership of publisher Minnie Dwight and her son, William,
100-472: The Ledger , until purchasing the Daily Hampshire Gazette in 2005. In December 2007, the company announced it would buy one of the Gazette 's main competitors, the alternative weekly Valley Advocate of Easthampton , which had been founded in 1973. The Advocate was owned by Tribune Company , which also publishes the Hartford Courant and Advocate weeklies in Connecticut . Advocate circulation at
120-560: The Newspapers of New England sale, the Gazette was available at downtown newsstands as early as 11:30 a.m., although subscribers still had to wait until after mid-afternoon for delivery by schoolchildren. Under the new management, however, the Gazette opted to make the change to six-day morning publication in September 2006, partly to compete better with the rival Springfield Republican . In late 2007, Newspapers of New England purchased
140-633: The T-T in 1955 bought The Recorder-Gazette of Greenfield, Massachusetts . Minnie died two years later, and William bought the Monitor in 1961. In 1960, the T-T bought the Edwardsville Intelligencer in Illinois; the paper was sold in 1964. When son-in-law George W. Wilson, publisher of the Monitor , was named company president in the late 1970s, the T-T , Recorder and Monitor were placed under
160-700: The Valley Advocate offices to Northampton, but would retain separate news and advertising staffs from the daily. In late March 2020 the Valley Advocate stopped their print edition and went to online only. In November 2018, 72 staffers at the Daily Hampshire Gazette and Valley Advocate informed newspaper management that they were forming a union with the NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America and seek voluntary recognition from owners. In July 2020 Newspapers of New England shut down
180-448: The change to six-day morning publication in September 2006, partly to compete better with the rival Springfield Republican . In late 2007, Newspapers of New England purchased a competing alternative weekly newspaper, the Valley Advocate of Northampton . The Advocate had begun as an independent newspaper but was then owned by Advocate Weekly Newspapers , which also published weeklies in Connecticut . The Advocate ' s owner at
200-508: The daily newspaper, Gazette newsrooms publish one weekly newspaper serving Northampton's suburbs, based in the newspaper's Northampton building. NNE also owns one regional alternative weekly . First published September 6, 1786—with a news item about Shays' Rebellion —the Gazette is one of oldest newspapers in the country, and had been owned by the DeRose family since 1929 before being sold for an undisclosed amount of money in 2005. The paper
220-497: The family willing to take over the business. DeRose, who stayed on as publisher for another year under the new owners, became co-publisher upon the death of his father, Charles N. DeRose, in 1970. Charles' mother, Harriet Williams DeRose, had purchased the Gazette in 1929. Peter and his brother Charles W. DeRose were credited with moving the newspaper's offices to a modern building just outside downtown Northampton on Conz Street; paying and treating Gazette employees well; and being
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#1732855071190240-412: The latter labeled "Weekend Edition". As of 2024, it is the longest running daily newspaper in Massachusetts. Newspapers of New England , based in Concord, New Hampshire , owns both the Gazette and the main daily to the north, The Recorder of Greenfield, Massachusetts . The Gazette also competes in its own coverage area with The Republican , a regional daily in Springfield . In addition to
260-475: The newspaper's Northampton building. NNE also owns one regional alternative weekly . First published September 6, 1786—with a news item about Shays' Rebellion —the Gazette is one of oldest newspapers in the country, and had been owned by the DeRose family since 1929 before being sold for an undisclosed amount of money in 2005. The paper was sold to Newspapers of New England, said then-publisher and co-owner Peter L. DeRose, because there were no younger members of
280-415: The newspaper's offices to a modern building just outside downtown Northampton on Conz Street; paying and treating Gazette employees well; and being a pioneer in establishing an Internet presence, now known as gazettenet.com . Originally an afternoon newspaper, the Gazette responded to shifting readership demographics by moving its publication time earlier in the day, although it long resisted making
300-605: The press, opened in 2007, and moved the printing of the Daily Hampshire Gazette, the Amherst Bulletin, and the Greenfield Recorder, to an outside printing company. Newspapers of New England Newspapers of New England, Inc. ( NNE ) is a privately owned publisher of nine daily and weekly newspapers in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and New Hampshire . The company's flagship publication
320-418: The switch to early morning delivery on weekdays (the Saturday edition converted to morning distribution in the early 1970s). By the time of the Newspapers of New England sale, the Gazette was available at downtown newsstands as early as 11:30 a.m., although subscribers still had to wait until after mid-afternoon for delivery by schoolchildren. Under the new management, however, the Gazette opted to make
340-524: The time was given at 50,000. The following daily and weekly newspapers are published by Newspapers of New England: Daily Hampshire Gazette The Daily Hampshire Gazette is a six-day morning daily newspaper based in Northampton, Massachusetts , United States, and covering all of Hampshire County , southern towns of Franklin County , and Holyoke . The newspaper prints Monday through Saturday, with
360-448: The time, the Tribune Company , sold the Massachusetts weekly to focus on its Connecticut properties, which included the Hartford Courant daily. The Gazette ' s owners announced they would move the Valley Advocate offices to Northampton, but would retain separate news and advertising staffs from the daily. In late March 2020 the Valley Advocate stopped their print edition and went to online only. In November 2018, 72 staffers at
380-525: The umbrella of Newspapers of New England. The company added the Valley News of Lebanon, New Hampshire , in 1981. In the 1980s, NNE added the weekly Monadnock Ledger to its portfolio, but soon had to shed its original flagship: In January 1993, the 110-year-old Transcript-Telegram was closed after four years of heavy losses. NNE remained the publisher of the Concord, Greenfield and Lebanon dailies, plus
400-475: Was sold to Newspapers of New England, said then-publisher and co-owner Peter L. DeRose, because there were no younger members of the family willing to take over the business. DeRose, who stayed on as publisher for another year under the new owners, became co-publisher upon the death of his father, Charles N. DeRose, in 1970. Charles' mother, Harriet Williams DeRose, had purchased the Gazette in 1929. Peter and his brother Charles W. DeRose were credited with moving
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