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The '''Connecticut Post''' is a daily newspaper, serving southwestern Connecticut, around and including Bridgeport. Some of the towns in the Post's circulation area include Derby, Easton, Fairfield, Milford, Monroe, Oxford, Redding, Seymour, Shelton, Stratford, Trumbull and Westport.
The paper has a weekday circulation of 85,168, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation[1], behind the ''Hartford Courant'' (264,539) and the ''New Haven Register'' (89,022). The paper competes directly with the ''Register'' in Stratford, Milford, Derby and Shelton.
The publisher is Robert Laska and the editor-in-chief is James H. Smith. Smith has attempted to take the paper in a different direction, stressing slice-of-life style features and downplaying court/police coverage.
The ''Post's coverage area presents problems as Bridgeport, Connecticut's largest city, is a poor and mostly minority area, while the surrounding eastern Fairfield County and western New Haven County area is affluent and mostly white. Consequently, while the Post does provide solid coverage of Bridgeport, most of the paper is composed of local stories regarding the surrounding towns.
The newspaper was formerly the morning ''Bridgeport Telegram'' and evening ''Bridgeport Post'' before consolidating into a morning publication.
The Post was formerly owned by Thomson Corporation, a national newspaper chain. In 2000, Thomson agreed to sell the Post for $205 million to Media News Group, based in Denver, Colorado, which also owns newspapers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.[2]
Some significant stories the ''Post'' has broken include Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim's notorius bribery scandal and current Bridgeport Mayor John Fabrizi's admission of using cocaine.
Comedian and actor Richard Belzer, a Bridgeport native, was a paperboy and later a staff reporter for the ''Post'', before pursuing his career as an entertainer.[3].
1. "Top 200 Newspapers by Largest Reported Circulation"
2. Gatlin, Greg. "MediaNews Drops Bid." ''Boston Herald'', August 9, 2000.
3. "'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' Bios"
★ Connecticut Post
★ Media News Group
The '''Connecticut Post''' is a daily newspaper, serving southwestern Connecticut, around and including Bridgeport. Some of the towns in the Post's circulation area include Derby, Easton, Fairfield, Milford, Monroe, Oxford, Redding, Seymour, Shelton, Stratford, Trumbull and Westport.
| Contents |
| The Post |
| History |
| Notes |
| External links |
The Post
The paper has a weekday circulation of 85,168, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation[1], behind the ''Hartford Courant'' (264,539) and the ''New Haven Register'' (89,022). The paper competes directly with the ''Register'' in Stratford, Milford, Derby and Shelton.
The publisher is Robert Laska and the editor-in-chief is James H. Smith. Smith has attempted to take the paper in a different direction, stressing slice-of-life style features and downplaying court/police coverage.
The ''Post's coverage area presents problems as Bridgeport, Connecticut's largest city, is a poor and mostly minority area, while the surrounding eastern Fairfield County and western New Haven County area is affluent and mostly white. Consequently, while the Post does provide solid coverage of Bridgeport, most of the paper is composed of local stories regarding the surrounding towns.
History
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The newspaper was formerly the morning ''Bridgeport Telegram'' and evening ''Bridgeport Post'' before consolidating into a morning publication.
The Post was formerly owned by Thomson Corporation, a national newspaper chain. In 2000, Thomson agreed to sell the Post for $205 million to Media News Group, based in Denver, Colorado, which also owns newspapers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.[2]
Some significant stories the ''Post'' has broken include Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim's notorius bribery scandal and current Bridgeport Mayor John Fabrizi's admission of using cocaine.
Comedian and actor Richard Belzer, a Bridgeport native, was a paperboy and later a staff reporter for the ''Post'', before pursuing his career as an entertainer.[3].
Notes
1. "Top 200 Newspapers by Largest Reported Circulation"
2. Gatlin, Greg. "MediaNews Drops Bid." ''Boston Herald'', August 9, 2000.
3. "'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' Bios"
External links
★ Connecticut Post
★ Media News Group
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