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This is a list of defunct newspapers in Massachusetts, including print and online.

List of defunct newspapers

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Assonet

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Newspapers published in Assonet, Massachusetts:

Boston

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Newspapers published in Boston, Massachusetts:

The Argus (Boston), 1791
The Censor (Boston), 1772
  • The Censor[1]
  • The Columbian Centinel[1]
  • The Commercial Bulletin, 1859-1990[8]
  • The Constitutional Telegraph[1]
  • Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser[1]
  • The Courier[1]
  • The Courier. Boston Evening Gazette and Universal Advertiser[1]
  • The Courier. Boston Evening Gazette, and General Advertiser[1]
  • The Courier and General Advertiser[1]
  • Courier de Boston: affiches, announces, et avis[1][9][10]
  • Editorial Humor
  • The Evening Post; and the General Advertiser[1]
  • The Exchange Advertiser[1]
  • Federal Gazette and Daily Advertiser[1]
  • Federal Gazette and General Advertiser[1]
Federal Orrery (Boston), 1794
New England Courant (Boston), 1721
New England Weekly Journal (Boston), 1727

Brookfield

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Newspapers published in Brookfield, Massachusetts:

  • The Moral and Political Telegraphie, or, Brookfield Advertiser[1]
  • The Political Repository, or, Farmer's Journal[1]
  • The Worcester County Intelligencer, or, Brookfield Advertiser[1]
  • The Worcester Intelligencer, or, Brookfield Advertiser[1]

Cambridge

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Newspapers published in Cambridge, Massachusetts:

New England Chronicle (Cambridge), January 4, 1776

Charlestown

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Newspapers published in Charlestown, Massachusetts:

  • The American Recorder, and the Charlestown Advertiser[1]

Dedham

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Newspapers published in Dedham, Massachusetts:

Columbian Minerva (Dedham), 1799
  • Columbian Minerva[1]
  • Minerva[1]

Greenfield

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Newspapers published in Greenfield, Massachusetts:

  • Greenfield Gazette[1]
  • Greenfield Gazette. A Register of Genuine Federalism[1]
  • Greenfield Gazette. An impartial Register of the Times[1]
  • Greenfield Gazette, or, Massachusetts and Vermont Telegraphe[1]
  • The Impartial Intelligencer[1]

Haverhill

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Newspapers published in Haverhill, Massachusetts:

  • Guardian of Freedom[1]
  • Haverhill Federal Gazette[1]
  • Impartial Herald[1]
  • The Observer[1]

Holyoke

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Newspapers published in Holyoke, Massachusetts:

Leominster

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Newspapers published in Leominster, Massachusetts:

  • Political Focus[1]
  • The Rural Repository[1]
  • The Telescope, or American Herald[1]

Leominster

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Newspapers published in Lowell, Massachusetts:

Nantucket

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New Bedford

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Newspapers published in New Bedford, Massachusetts:

  • Columbian Courier[1]
  • The Medley, or, Newbedford Marine Journal[1]

Newburyport

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Newspapers published in Newburyport, Massachusetts:

Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet (Newburyport), 1773
  • The Essex Journal[1]
  • The Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet, or, The Massachu-setts and New-Hampshire general Advertiser[1]
  • The Essex Journal and New-Hampshire Packet[1]
  • The Essex Journal and the Massachusetts and New-Hampshire General Advertiser[1]
  • The Essex Journal, or, New-Hampshire Packet[1]
  • The Essex Journal, or, The Massachusetts and New-Hampshire general Advertiser[1]
  • The Essex Journal, or, The New-Hampshire Packet and the weekly Advertiser[1]
  • Impartial Herald[1]
  • The Morning Star[1]
  • The Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette[1]
  • Political Gazette[1]

Northampton

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Newspapers published in Northampton, Massachusetts:

Pittsfield

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Newspapers published in Pittsfield, Massachusetts:

Berkshire Chronicle (Pittsfield), 1788
  • Berkshire Chronicle[1]
  • Berkshire Chronicle, and the Massachusetts Intelligencer[1]
  • The Sun[1]

Plymouth

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Newspapers published in Plymouth, Massachusetts:

  • The Plymouth Journal, and the Massachusetts Advertiser[1]
  • Plymouth Rock and County Advertiser[31]

Provincetown

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Newspapers published in Provincetown, Massachusetts:

Salem

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Newspapers published in Salem, Massachusetts:

Springfield

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Newspapers published in Springfield, Massachusetts:

Federal Spy (Springfield), 1792
  • Federal Spy[1]
  • The Federal Spy and Springfield Advertiser[1]
  • Hampshire and Berkshire Chronicle[1]
  • The Hampshire Chronicle[1]
  • The Hampshire Herald[1]
  • The Hampshire Herald, or, The Weekly Advertiser[1]
  • The Massachusetts Gazette, or, The General Advertiser[1]
  • The Massachusetts Gazette, or, The Springfield and North-ampton weekly Advertiser[1]

Stockbridge

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Newspapers published in Stockbridge, Massachusetts:

Western Star (Stockbridge), 1789
  • Andrews's Western Star[1]
  • The Western Star[1]

Taunton

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Newspapers published in Taunton, Massachusetts:

  • The Taunton Democrat[34]
  • Union Gazette and Democrat[35]
  • Taunton Weekly Gazette[36]
  • The Household Gazette[37]

Watertown

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Newspapers published in Watertown, Massachusetts:

  • The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal[1]

Worcester

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Newspapers published in Worcester, Massachusetts:

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Not to be confused with other publications and broadcasting of that name, published by the New England Greek-American Publishing Company, of South Holyoke.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Massachusetts". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  2. ^ Foner, Eric (2010). The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. 4364: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-06618-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ "About Boston evening transcript. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1872-1941 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
  4. ^ Holzer, Harold (February 2015). President Lincoln Assassinated. 445: Library of America. ISBN 978-1598533736.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ^ "About Boston post. [volume] ([Boston, Mass.]) 1842-1956 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
  6. ^ "About Daily record. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1929–1961 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
  7. ^ "About The Boston traveler. (Boston [Mass.]) 1914–1967 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
  8. ^ "About The commercial bulletin. (Boston, Mass.) 1859-1990 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress". Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. 1990-03-23. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  9. ^ Thomas, Isaiah (1874). History of printing in America, 2nd ed. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
  10. ^ Brigham, Clarence S. (April 1915). "Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690–1820: part 3: Maryland to Massachusetts (Boston)". Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 25 (1): 128–293. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
  11. ^ "'It's devastating.' As Boston-area weeklies close, towns ponder civic life without local news". Boston Globe. 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  12. ^ "Item details for The Artisan". U.S. Department of Labor Libraries. OCLC: 39719472; Vol. 1 no. 1 (Apr. 15, 1908) - v. 13, no. 34 (Nov. 26, 1920)
  13. ^ "Courrier d'Holyoke, parait le Jeudi de chaque semaine". Courrier de Holyoke. Vol. I, no. 11. December 17, 1874.
  14. ^ a b c d e f The Franco-American Centennial Committee; Potvin, Vivian Rainault; Potvin, William H. (June 1973). The Franco-Americans Honor Holyoke's Historic Hundredth; Souvenir Program. Holyoke, Mass.: LaJustice Publishing Company. p. 21.
  15. ^ a b c d e Arndt, Karl J. R.; Olson, May E. (1961). German-American Newspapers and Periodicals, 1732–1955; history and bibliography. Heidelberg: Quelle & Meyer Publishers. pp. 207–208.
  16. ^ Elliott Shore; Ken Fones-Wolk; James P. Danky; James Philip Danky, eds. (1992). The German-American Radical Press: The Shaping of a Left Political Culture. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. p. 216.
  17. ^ Wepsiec, Jan (1968). Polish American Serial Publications, 1842-1966. pp. 59, 160. OCLC 433340.
  18. ^ Warner, Charles F.; Johnson, Clifton, eds. (1891). Picturesque Hampden. Picturesque Massachusetts Series. Vol. Part II - West. Northampton, Mass.: Picturesque Publishing Company. p. 148. OCLC 70679168.
  19. ^ The New England Business Directory and Gazetteer. Sampson & Murdoch Company. 1922.
  20. ^ "[The Holyoke Free Press]". Beardstown Semi-Weekly Illinoian. Beardstown, Ill. October 27, 1893. p. 1. The Holyoke Free Press, Massachusetts, has abandoned the Democratic Party, and come out squarely for the Republican Party and protection, on account of the present depression, which it attributes to the Democratic victory.
  21. ^ "Newspaper Suspends". The American Printer. January 20, 1918. p. 53. Holyoke's weekly newspapers are reduced by one with the suspension of the Holyoke Free Press, until further notice.
  22. ^ Fiedler, Tom. "What Happens When a Community Loses its Newspaper?". CommonWealth magazine, Boston, Mass., November 3, 2011.
  23. ^ "About Holyoke weekly mirror". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  24. ^ Copeland, Alfred Minot, ed. (1902). "The Press of Holyoke". "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts. Vol. III. The Century Memorial Publishing Company. pp. 455–461. OCLC 5692695963.
  25. ^ Dias, Sandra (August 5, 1991). "New paper speaks another language" (PDF). Holyoke Transcript-Telegram. Holyoke, Mass. p. B1. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2010 – via Springfield Technical Community College (STCC).
  26. ^ Edwin Alden (1886). The Edwin Alden Co's American Newspaper Catalogue, Including Lists of All Newspapers and Magazines Published in the United States and the Canadas. Vol. X. Cincinnati, O.: E. Alden & Company Advertising. p. 147.
  27. ^ Sulte, Benjamin; David, Laurent-Olivier; Fryer, C. E. (1908). A History of Quebec. Vol. 2. Canada History Company. p. 843. [Gabriel Marchand, son of would-be Quebec Premier Félix-Gabriel Marchand]...founded a French paper called Le Ralliement, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, which he conducted successfully for about two years, when he returned to Canada to act as secretary to his father, who was at that time Speaker of the Quebec Legislative Assembly.
  28. ^ "Two German-Language Papers Near Their End". Springfield Republican. Springfield, Mass. June 26, 1942. p. 7. Holyoke, June—The final issues of the New England Rundschau; a German language paper which has circulated in Western Massachusetts for the past 59 years, and the Staats-Zeitung, a similar paper circulating in Connecticut, are being published this week. They have been published by the Wisly Printing company. Victor Wisly said today that economic forces have worked adversely against the continuance of publication
  29. ^ N.W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual and Directory. 1922. p. 424.
  30. ^ "Weddings: Angelopoulos—Christopoulos". Norwich Morning Bulletin. Norwich, Conn. May 17, 1920. p. 6. ...in the presence of nearly 200 guests who came from Holyoke, Mass., New York, Danielson[ , Conn.], Newar, N. J., Attleboro and Woburn, Mass...The couple were attended by Christ Bress, editor of the Greek weekly newspaper, The Voice of Greece, of Holyoke, Mass., who was best man
  31. ^ Plymouth Rock and County Advertiser. Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  32. ^ "Provincetown Advocate (Provincetown, Mass.) 1870-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  33. ^ "After 131 years, a hometown newspaper prints its last issue". Portsmouth Herald. April 15, 2000. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  34. ^ "The Taunton Democrat ([Taunton, Mass.]) 1850-1861". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  35. ^ "Union Gazette and Democrat (Taunton, Mass.) 1862-1874". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  36. ^ "Taunton Weekly Gazette (Taunton, Mass.) 1874-1878". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  37. ^ "The Household Gazette (Taunton, Mass.) 187?-1893". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  38. ^ "Worcester Evening Gazette" (Catalog Record). Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 May 2018. Worcester, Mass. : S.B. Bartholomew & Co., 1866–1869
  39. ^ "The Evening gazette; 100 years—a consistent story" (Catalog Record). Library of Congress. 22 June 1966. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  40. ^ "Worcester Telegram" (Catalog Record). Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 May 2018. Worcester, Mass. : Telegram Newspaper Co., 1888–1989

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