词条 | Beacon Communications (publisher) |
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| name = | logo = | type = Private | foundation = 1969 | location = 1944 Warwick Avenue, Warwick, Rhode Island 02889 United States | key_people = John I. Howell Jr., publisher Richard G. Fleischer, general manager | industry = Newspapers | products = Three weekly newspapers in Rhode Island | homepage = warwickonline.com |}} Beacon Communications is a privately owned newspaper publisher serving the suburban Rhode Island cities of Cranston, Johnston and Warwick. Begun in 1969 by John Howell and Anthony Ritacco, as a vehicle to purchase the Warwick Beacon, the company was called Southern Rhode Island Publications until 1987. Howell took sole possession of the company in the 1980s, with Richard Fleischer coming on as the general manager. PropertiesIn addition to its three weekly newspapers, Beacon publishes the Penny$aver shopper in Cranston and Warwick; ChamberWorks, a business publication; and PrimeTime, a seniors-oriented monthly magazine distributed statewide. In 2018, Beacon purchased the weekly shopper publication, the Coventry Reminder.
Sisters and competitorsIn addition to the former Cranston Today, the company has launched several other complementary products. Beacon founded the Coventry Townsman and Seekonk Sentinel in the early 1970s, later selling them to other owners; and Newport Today (now called Newport This Week).[2] Beacon's papers compete with The Providence Journal in the state's capital city, which borders Johnston and Cranston. All three Beacon newspapers are members of Rhode Island Newspaper Group, an advertising sales consortium that consists of five weekly newspaper publishers in suburban Providence. Beacon is the coordinating office for the group; other members are Breeze Publications, East Bay Newspapers, Hathaway Publishing and Southern Rhode Island Newspapers.[3] References1. ^CranstonOnline: History {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318021252/http://www.cranstononline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=184 |date=March 18, 2007 }}, accessed March 8, 2007. 2. ^1 WarwickOnline: History {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318020912/http://warwickonline.com/warwickonline/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=113 |date=March 18, 2007 }}, accessed March 8, 2007. 3. ^RINewspaperGroup.com, accessed March 24, 2007. External links
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