Vermont Community Newspaper Group

Vermont Community Newspaper Group

Founded	2019 (2019)
Headquarters location	49 School Street, Stowe, VT 05672 United States
Official website	https://www.vtcng.com/

The Vermont Community Newspaper Group is a media company and publisher of five weekly newspapers and multiple magazines in the U.S. state of Vermont.

History

After owning the Stowe Reporter for 17 years, publisher Biddle Duke sold a majority stake in December 2014 to Bob Miller of New York and Norb Garret of California. Greg Popa replaced Duke as publisher.[1] On Oct. 1, 2015, the Stowe Reporter bought the Morrisville News and Citizen. [2] In May 2017, they bought the Shelburne News, a weekly covering Shelburne, Vermont, and The Citizen, a weekly covering the towns of Charlotte and Hinesburg, Vermont.[3]

In January 2019, the company had grown to include six weekly community newspapers and changed its name to the Vermont Community Newspaper Group. [4]

On March 26, 2020, the company announced that the Waterbury Record was suspending publication after 13 years.[5]

In July 2020, the company laid off three of its nine editorial employees, including Tom Kearney who had served as managing editor. Additional positions were also eliminated.[6]

Newspapers

The Vermont Community Newspaper Group publishes five weekly newspapers:

• Stowe Reporter, covering the Stowe area since 1958
• The News and Citizen, covering the Morrisville area since 1881
• The Citizen, covering Charlotte and Hinesburg since 2006
• Shelburne News, covering Shelburne since 1967
• The Other Paper, covering South Burlington since 1977

All five newspapers operate websites with updated news throughout the week.

From 2007 until March 2020, the group also published the Waterbury Record.[5]

Magazines

The company publishes multiple magazines:

• Stowe Guide and Magazine, twice-yearly
• Stowe Weddings
• Green Mountain Weddings
• Table

References

1. Heintz, Paul (5 December 2014). "edia Note: Publisher to Sell Stowe Reporter, Waterbury Record". Seven Days VT. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
2. "Stowe Reporter buys News & Citizen". Stowe Today. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
3. Walters, John. "Media Note: Stowe Reporter Owners Buy Shelburne, Charlotte Newspapers". Seven Days. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
4. "Newspaper group has new name, six weekly papers". Stowe Today. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
5. "Waterbury Record publishes its last issue". Waterbury Record. Vermont Community Newspaper Group. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
6. Heintz, Paul (23 July 2020). "Media Note: Stowe Reporter Lays Off Newsroom Staff". Seven Days VT. Retrieved 10 February 2021.