The Herald News

The Herald News
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Gannett
PublisherMark Olivieri
EditorLynne Sullivan
Founded1892 (1892)
Headquarters207 Pocasset Street,
Fall River, Massachusetts 02722, United States
Circulation14,979 Daily
15,489 Sunday (as of 2012)[1]
ISSN1074-052X
Websiteheraldnews.com

The smaller of the two main newspapers in Massachusetts' South Coast, The Herald News is a daily newspaper based in Fall River, Massachusetts. Its coverage area includes Fall River and the nearby towns of Dighton, Freetown, Somerset, Swansea and Westport, Massachusetts; as well as Little Compton and Tiverton, Rhode Island.[2]

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.[3]

  1. ^ "FAS-FAX Report: Circulation Averages for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2012". Arlington Heights, Ill.: Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  2. ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations. "Reader Profile Report: The Herald News," March 2006
  3. ^ Gavin, Robert. "GateHouse Buys More Mass. Papers." The Boston Globe, December 2, 2006.