Burlington Free Press
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The Burlington Free Press is a daily newspaper
based in Burlington, Vermont
, in the United States
. With a circulation of about 48,042 daily and 56,295 Sundays, it is the most circulated paper in Vermont
.
The current editor of The Burlington Free Press is Mike Townsend.
The newspaper employs 272 full-time employees in its Burlington headquarters. Most often international news is reprinted stories supplied by the Associated Press
and Reuters
news services.
.
In July 2008, the company announced they would raise the retail price of their newspapers, except on Sundays, from fifty-cents to seventy-five cents. This did not affect the price for subscribers of the newspaper.
In December 2008, the Gannett Company announced a company wide workforce reduction by ten percent. The Burlington Free Press laid off six of its newsroom staff.
On January 19, 2009, the company introduced a "compactly-edited" daily newspaper, which will circulate three days a week. The full normal edition of The Burlington Free Press will circulate the rest of the days of the week.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
based in Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Chittenden County. Burlington lies south of the U.S.-Canadian border and some south of Montreal....
, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. With a circulation of about 48,042 daily and 56,295 Sundays, it is the most circulated paper in Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
.
The current editor of The Burlington Free Press is Mike Townsend.
The newspaper employs 272 full-time employees in its Burlington headquarters. Most often international news is reprinted stories supplied by the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
and Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
news services.
History
The Burlington Free Press originally began as the Free Press Weekly, publishing its first issue in 1827. With use of the telegraph, the newspaper became an evening daily in 1848, although it wouldn't publish a Sunday newspaper until 1965. With the purchase of the Burlington Times in 1868 the Free Press Association was founded. In 1882 the evening edition was canceled due to poor sales and an influx of morning edition readers. In 1961 a new corporation, Free Press Association, Inc. was organized by high positioned Free Press personnel who purchased it from 50 stockholders. The Free Press changed hands in 1971 after merging with the Public Opinion and becoming a part of the Gannett CompanyGannett Company
Gannett Company, Inc. is a publicly-traded media holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States, near McLean. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend...
.
In July 2008, the company announced they would raise the retail price of their newspapers, except on Sundays, from fifty-cents to seventy-five cents. This did not affect the price for subscribers of the newspaper.
In December 2008, the Gannett Company announced a company wide workforce reduction by ten percent. The Burlington Free Press laid off six of its newsroom staff.
On January 19, 2009, the company introduced a "compactly-edited" daily newspaper, which will circulate three days a week. The full normal edition of The Burlington Free Press will circulate the rest of the days of the week.