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24-576: The Herald News , formerly owned by Journal Register Company , was sold in December 2006 to GateHouse Media , which owns several daily and weekly newspapers in Massachusetts. The Herald News ' main competitor to the east is The Standard-Times of the other South Coast city, New Bedford, Massachusetts . In its northern towns, The Herald News competes with the Taunton Daily Gazette , although

48-1187: A buying spree that eventually ended with approx. 129 newspaper titles. The company also acquired newspaper assets of Brill Media Company(purchased out of bankruptcy) in August 2002 including Morning Sun daily newspaper in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and newspapers in Traverse City, Charlevoix, Gaylord, East Jordan, Elk Rapids, Central Lake, Bellaire and Tawas City and other communities in central and northern Michigan. In addition, newspapers in "Downriver Detroit" were also purchased including newspapers in Wyandotte, Southgate, Dearborn, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, Allen Park, Taylor and Trenton In September 2002, Booth Newspapers acquired 21st Century Newspapers Suburban Flint Newspaper Group which has nine local papers: The Clio Messenger, The Davison Flagstaff, The Fenton Press, The Grand Blanc News, Flint Township News, The Flushing Observer, The Holly Press, The Suburban Burton, and Swartz Creek News and included Suburban Flint shopper. All of which became part of

72-551: A carrier boy for The Port Huron Times Herald, owned by the "Weil Family". He rose to become Classified Manager, and then the company purchased a weekly Utica Sentinel in Utica, Michigan. Shepherd became General Manager and turned the weekly into a daily newspaper, The Daily Sentinel. It was sold to Gannett in the late 1960's. Shepherd previously worked for Scripps Howard Newspapers in Cincinnati, Ohio as VP of Operations from 1983 until 1991. He

96-590: A lack of "a sustained advertiser base" and a desire to focus exclusively on O Jornal cited by GateHouse as the reasons to cease production. Three Fall River newspapers combined in 1892 to form The Herald News : the Fall River News , founded in 1845; the Fall River Daily Herald , 1872, and the Fall River Daily Globe , 1885. In the 1960s The Herald-News was owned by Mark Goodson, the creator of

120-466: A private company. On March 17, 2010, the company named an advisory board composed of Jeff Jarvis (author of "What Would Google Do" and BuzzMachine ); Jay Rosen of New York University , and Emily Bell , the director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University . On March 11, 2010, the company named Bill Higginson, Journal Register's former Senior Vice President, Production, as

144-593: Is married to the former Beth Louise Lyons(Shepherd) for the past 41 years. In total, his newspaper career spanned 5 decades from the early 1960's until 2005. Shepherd has a son, Jim Shepherd, who is a successful executive with Snapchat. Jim was born in Newhall, California, and lives in Beverley Hills, California. Jim was an outstanding basketball for the Charlevoix Rayder(Charlevoix, Michigan) team who lost to

168-727: Is owned by Alden Global Capital . The company owned daily and weekly newspapers , other print media properties and newspaper-affiliated local Web sites in the U.S. states of Connecticut , Michigan , New York, Ohio , Pennsylvania and New Jersey . It also operated 3 commercial printing facilities. 21st Century Media's flagship daily newspaper was the New Haven Register . Its ten largest daily newspapers (approximate daily circulation over 20,000) were: In 2004, JRC bought 21st Century Newspapers , gaining ownership of several daily newspapers in Greater Detroit . In 2006, JRC bought

192-575: The $ 70 million GateHouse sale, are O Jornal (a Portuguese-language weekly) and El Latino Expreso (a Spanish-language weekly), catering to the substantial immigrant population of the South Coast, and the Free-Press of North Attleborough, Massachusetts . On July 16, 2010, publication of El Latino Expreso (founded 2004) and the Brazilian American weekly O Jornal Brasileiro (2007) was ended, with

216-661: The Flint Journal as the Community Newspapers. on August 21, 2005, 21st Century was acquired by Journal Register Company . It has approximately 120 other newspaper titles. In addition, the acquiring company purchased The Greater Detroit Newspaper Network. This 21st Century Company operated as the major group selling arm of 21st Century Newspapers. They generated approx. $ 25. million of annual profit by selling to national companies with most revenue coming from pre-printed inserts. The sale of 21st Century Newspapers in August 2005

240-720: The State Champs two years in a row. Jim held the High School "Breslin Center"(Michigan State University) record for the most 3-point baskets in one game(9) and was an MVP player at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. Shepherd was previously married and divorced in 1978. He fathered five children, Melanie, Mark, Kim, Chris and Kathy from that previous marriage to Chere Marie Denczek daughter of Joseph and Lorraine Denczek of Port Huron Michigan. Shepherd says he will be cremated and scattered to

264-538: The Web site JobsInTheUS.com . It is also a major shareholder in consulting company PowerOne Media . That same year, the company moved its headquarters to Yardley, Pennsylvania from Trenton, New Jersey . In early 2007, JRC completed the sales of its former Massachusetts and Rhode Island newspapers to GateHouse Media and RISN Operations , respectively. In early 2008, the New York Stock Exchange announced it

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288-520: The assets of Journal Register Company and its affiliates were sold to 21st CMH Acquisition Co., an affiliate of funds managed by Alden Global Capital . The Journal Register Company then became known as 21st Century Media and continued to be managed by Digital First Media. 21st Century Newspapers 21st Century Newspapers was a corporation owning newspapers in the state of Michigan and based in Pontiac, Michigan , and founded in 1995. Frank Shepherd

312-427: The company's president and COO. On March 4, 2010, the company named Jeff Bairstow as chief financial officer. Bairstow joined Journal Register after working for Synarc Inc., a leading provider of medical imaging analysis, subject-recruitment and biochemical-marker services. On September 5, 2012, Digital First Media, parent company of JRC, confirmed the group had again filed for bankruptcy protection. On April 5, 2013,

336-428: The consulting agreement, Shepherd joined Scripps Howard in Cincinnati as VP of Newspaper Operations, where he stayed from 1982 until 1992. His career spanned the 50s through the 2000s. From hot-metal days until offset and heat set printing. He mastered all 3 processes, but empire-building, buying, building, and selling, was his forte. His last venture was 21st Century Newspapers, Inc. which employed over 2,000 employees. He

360-846: The popular television game show "To Tell The Truth." The newspaper established its headquarters on lower Pocasset Street on Fall River, along the Quequechan River, which was routed through a pipe to make way for Interstate 195, from which The Herald-News building remains visible as one enters Fall River from the Braga Bridge. E.J. Dionne, The New York Times Washington Correspondent and later Washington Post columnist worked there as an intern; M. Charles Bakst, long-time columnist of The Providence Journal, began his career there. At its height, The Herald News circulated approximately 45,000 copies per day. The Herald News prices are: $ 2.00 daily, $ 3.00 Sunday. Journal Register Company 21st Century Media

384-574: The two were both owned by Journal Register and sold together to GateHouse. Before the GateHouse sale, The Herald News was part of Journal Register's New England group, which included The Call in Woonsocket, Kent County Daily Times and The Times of Pawtucket, all in Rhode Island . The Rhode Island newspapers were not included in the sale. Also associated with The Herald News , and included in

408-503: Was a member of their Board of Directors. He joined the company in 1968 and headed the sale of the company, in part to Rupert Murdock(Texas newspapers) in August 1980. Shepherd then moved to Houston, Texas where he founded the book publishing company, Pioneer Publishing Company. He sold that company to his partner and took a consulting job with a California publishing company headed by Charles Morris of Morris Publishing in Savannah, Georgia. After

432-443: Was an American media company. It was the successor of Ingersoll Publications and Journal Register Company , and it was succeeded by Digital First Media . The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 communities. On April 5, 2013, the assets of Journal Register Company and its affiliates were sold to 21st CMH Acquisition Co. The Journal Register Company then became known as 21st Century Media. The company

456-507: Was born December 20, 1941, to Velma J.(Johnston) and Homer F. Shepherd in Port Huron, Michigan. Shepherd owned 21st Century Newspapers' and his first acquisitions were The Oakland Press and The Macomb Daily and The Royal Oak Tribune on August 21, 1997. They were purchased from The Walt Disney Company in Burbank, California. 21st Century under Frank Shepherd, president, chairman, and CEO, began

480-589: Was considered an early pioneer in suburban journalism and a leader in "clustering" suburban newspapers into shared printing, sales, and accounting services. He studied rotogravure printing with Axel-Springer in Hamburg, Germany and built printing plants in South Africa at the behest of the South African Gov't. Shepherd sold 21st Century in August 2005 for $ 415,000,000 cash, then retired to Charlevoix, Michigan. He

504-536: Was led by CEO John Paton. He argued that the Journal Register needed to transform from a newspaper company to a "digital first, print last" company. Paton, formerly CEO of ImpreMedia , initiated this change on February 1, 2010, by announcing he would provide all reporters with Flip video cameras as a sign of his commitment to the company's digital transformation. In 2013, MediaNews Group and 21st Century Media merged into Digital First Media . Digital First Media

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528-526: Was planning to suspend trading of JRC's common stock. The stock had been below $ 1.05 for 30 consecutive days, at one point falling to 16 cents, which was the all-time low at that time. The stock was delisted as of April 16. On February 21, 2009, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court, located in Manhattan, New York, NY . On August 12, 2009, JRC emerged from bankruptcy as

552-457: Was recruited by Stauffer Communications in 1991 as President and CEO and a member of The Board of Directors. Stauffer owned 29 daily newspapers, 9 television stations, and 4 radio stations, as well as several magazines. Shepherd improved the finances of Stauffer dramatically and then sold Stauffer to Morris Communications, headed by Billy Morris of Augusta, Georgia. Previously, Shepherd also worked for Panax Corporation of East Lansing, Michigan, and

576-503: Was the largest newspaper sales by dollar volume in the US for the year 2005. Shepherd remained a consultant for the purchasing company for a short period, then left and joined another newspaper company's Board of Directors. In 2012, he finally retired to Charlevoix, Michigan, where he still resides. He started a township newspaper in 2018 and it still is published monthly and has a website. Shepherd began his newspaper career in Port Huron, Michigan, as

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