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Community Weeklies Inc., based in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA, founded three weekly newspapers in the suburbs north of Boston before being bought by Fidelity Investments in 1994 and dissolved into Community Newspaper Company two years later. The company was founded by developer William S. Cummings of Winchester, the largest property owner in Woburn, to compete with the ''Daily Times Chronicle'' and a supposedly "anti-business" local political scene. == History == After years of complaining about the quality of the local daily and criticizing local politics—including several guest columns in the ''Daily Times''—Cummings in 1991 envisioned starting a monthly newspaper to offer "an alternative voice" in Woburn. He found an advertising base willing to support a weekly, however, so in October 1991 he debuted his free weekly, explaining: Nevertheless, Cummings' status as Woburn's largest landowner, and landlord at its largest office parks, opened the paper to the impression that its editorials and business coverage were simply mouthpieces for Cummings Properties, a charge Cummings denied.〔Bushnell, Davis. "Newspaper Wars Being Waged in Medford and Woburn". ''The Boston Globe'', page 5, October 27, 1991.〕 The Woburn paper's coverage of Stoneham and Winchester—neighboring towns to Woburn—proved so successful that Cummings established new weeklies for those towns in 1994. Upon the debut of the ''Winchester Town Crier'', Cummings detailed his formula: Emphasis on features and sports, with less coverage of local government than his competitors.〔Dabilis, Andy. "Winchester to Get New Newspaper by Feb. 17". ''The Boston Globe'', page 5, February 6, 1994.〕 Later that year, however, Cummings decided to sell his three-paper chain to Fidelity Investments, parent of Community Newspaper Company, the largest publisher of weeklies in Massachusetts.〔"Business Briefcase". ''Boston Herald'', page 36, September 30, 1994.〕 Community Weeklies was dissolved in early 1996, when CNC realigned its operating units by geography, assigning the papers to its new Northwest Unit.〔Cassidy, Tina. "Community Newspaper Realigns Properties". ''The Boston Globe'', January 12, 1996.〕 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 Weeklies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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