The Burlington Free Press

Infobox Newspaper
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caption = The December 30, 2006 front page of
"The Burlington Free Press"
type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1827
(as the "Free Press Weekly")
ceased publication =
price = US$ 0.50 Daily
US$ 0.75 Sunday
owners = The Gannett Company
publisher = James M. Carey
editor = Mike Townsend
language =
circulation = 48,042 Daily
56,295 Sunday [cite web |url=http://www.gannett.com/about/map/ataglance/burling.htm |title=About Gannett: The Burlington Free Press |accessdate=2007-02-27 |publisher=Gannet Co., Inc. ]
headquarters = 191 College Street
Burlington, VT 05402-0010
USA
ISSN =
website = [http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/ BurlingtonFreePress.com]

"The Burlington Free Press" is a daily newspaper based in Burlington, Vermont, in the United States. With a circulation of about 48,042 daily and 56,295 Sundays, it is the most circulated paper in Vermont. [cite web |url=http://www.vtliving.com/newspapers/ |title=Vermont Newspapers |accessdate=2007-02-27 |publisher=Vermont Living]

The current editor of "The Burlington Free Press" is Mike Townsend.

The newspaper employs 272 full-time employees in its Burlington headquarters. Most often international news is reprinted stories supplied by the Associated Press and Reuters news services.

History

"The Burlington Free Press" originally began as the "Free Press Weekly", publishing its first issue in 1827. With use of the telegraph, the newspaper became an evening daily in 1848, although it wouldn't publish a Sunday newspaper until 1965. With the purchase of the "Burlington Times" in 1868 the Free Press Association was founded. In 1882 the evening edition was canceled due to poor sales and an influx of morning edition readers. In 1961 a new corporation, Free Press Association, Inc. was organized by high positioned "Free Press" personnel who purchased it from 50 stockholders. The "Free Press" changed hands in 1971 after merging with the "Public Opinion" and becoming a part of the Gannett Company.

References

External links

* [http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/ The online edition of "The Burlington Free Press"]