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''Community Impact Newspaper'' is a chain of hyperlocal free newspapers delivered to homes and businesses in Texas. John P. Garrett is the publisher. In September 2015, ''Community Impact Newspaper'' had 20 editions delivering to more than 1.4 million mailboxes in the Austin, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth areas. ==History== In September 2005, ''Community Impact Newspaper'' published by JG Media, Inc. launched its first edition in Round Rock | Pflugerville, Texas. There were six employees including the publisher, John P. Garrett, and the company met in the game room in John’s house. Garrett was a former Advertising Director of the ''Austin Business Journal'' before he started ''Community Impact Newspaper.'' In its first five years, ''Community Impact Newspaper'' experienced tremendous growth, adding about 60 employees and launching a total of 10 community newspapers including its first in the Houston Metro area in September 2009. In 2010, amidst heavy layoffs at newspapers and throughout the legacy media industry, ''Community Impact Newspaper'' made headlines with its publishing success, fast growth, and pushing the idea that "Print Ain't Dead." After expanding into the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area for the first time in March 2011, the media company's story was picked up by Editor & Publisher, CISION and CultureMap Austin. In late 2012, Community Impact Newspaper announced plans to build a new $2.5 million headquarters in Pflugerville, TX, and the 16,000-square-foot building was completed in December 2013. Founder and publisher John P. Garrett was featured in Forbes shortly after the announcement. In June 2015, ''Community Impact Newspaper'' announced in would invest in a new $10 million printing facility at its headquarters to begin printing all newspaper editions starting in 2016. As of the company's 10 year anniversary in September 2015, ''Community Impact Newspaper'' had 20 newspaper editions, including eight in each the Austin and Houston metro and four the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, and more than 150 employees in five offices throughout the state. ''Community Impact Newspaper'' has received 90 awards for writing and design from the National Newspaper Association since 2007, including 17 Better Newspaper Contest awards in 2015. ''Community Impact Newspaper'' has also been named to Inc. Magazine's top 5000 fastest-growing companies every year from 2011-2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Community Impact Newspaper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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