A 'New Day' for Quartet of Vermont, Massachusetts Newspapers

After 21 years of MediaNews Group and Digital First Media stewardship, The Berkshire Eagle and co. are once again locally owned.

In a note to readers, newly installed publisher Ed Woods promises that local ownership of The Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Mass. will translate into more jobs:

Today, the real transformation work begins. Our strategic plans call for bringing back jobs that had been consolidated into other Digital First Media locations. We’ll be enhancing our products by improving quality and adding additional relevant and compelling content.

Meanwhile, in a separate note to readers celebrating the return to local ownership of The Berkshire Eagle and three sister Vermont papers – the Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer and weekly Manchester Journal, president Fredric D.

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