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Suburban World Newspapers, based in Needham, Massachusetts, USA, was a privately owned publisher of seven weekly newspapers in the suburbs west of Boston in the 1980s and 1990s. The ''Boston Herald'' bought the company in 2001 and dissolved it into Community Newspaper Company, the largest weeklies publisher in Massachusetts. After the sale, Suburban World's two youngest newspapers were closed, while the others remain part of CNC, now owned by GateHouse Media. == History == Newspaper publisher William Barrett founded Suburban World in 1978 after purchasing four newspapers in towns west of Boston.Suburban World's success caused Barrett to expand twice, adding papers in Westwood in 1987 and in Millis and Norfolk in 1995.〔Gatlin, Greg. "Herald Media Buys 7 Suburban Weeklies". ''Boston Herald'', February 16, 2001.〕 By contrast, the papers he bought in 1978 all had deep community roots: the Natick newspaper had been founded in 1865; two more dated from the early 20th century, and the youngest had been founded in 1956.〔"(Bruins Stars and Newspaper Chain Support 17th Run of the Charles )". ''Streamer'' (Newsletter of the Charles River Watershed Association, Weston, Mass.), page 4, Spring 1999. Accessed August 16, 2007.〕 The newspapers developed a reputation for quality. Kirk Davis, who oversaw Suburban World's competitors in his role as publisher of Community Newspaper Company, said Suburban World did "an outstanding job, in some instances a better job than we were doing". In 2001, Barrett, 56, decided to sell his newspapers for an undisclosed amount of money to his longtime competitor, which had long expressed an interest in buying Suburban World. The deal came shortly after CNC had been sold to the ''Boston Herald''.〔 The move filled some gaps in CNC's coverage map, but also set up conflicts with previous CNC papers, notably the former MetroWest ''Tab'' newspapers. Eventually, the competing ''Tabs'' were closed and the Suburban World papers—most of which had decades-long histories in their communities, whereas the ''Tabs'' dated from the 1990s—remain in CNC today. Two Suburban World papers were closed, however, prompting some reader backlash in Millis and Norfolk. Subscribers of the papers complained about a loss of local focus when CNC decided, soon after the sale, to fold them into the ''Country Gazette'', a regional paper based in nearby Franklin.〔"(Herald/CNC Given a PR Lesson at April PRSA Program )". ''News & Views'' (Newsletter of PRSA Boston), page 2, May 2001. Accessed August 16, 2007.〕 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「Suburban World Newspapers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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