Willimantic's venerable daily sold to central Connecticut publisher
The Willimantic Chronicle, owned by the same family for 140 years, is being sold to Central Connecticut Communications, owners of the The New Britain Herald and The Bristol Press, both publishing companies announced Tuesday.
Chronicle President and Publisher Patrice Crosbie delivered the news to The Chronicle's staff Tuesday afternoon, indicating the “preliminary agreement” to sell the paper will become final May 1.
The Chronicle did not reveal the sale price in a front-page story.
Michael Schroeder, editor and publisher of the Press and Herald, announced the deal to the staffs of both of those papers Tuesday. An article on the papers' websites indicated The Chronicle and its commercial publishing operation will be owned and operated by Chronicle Media LLC, a new company formed for the sale.
Central Connecticut Communications has owned the papers in Bristol and New Britain for eight years, and through CCC Media LLC also publishes The Block Island Times and associated websites in Rhode Island.
“We are looking forward to getting involved in a new part of the state, listening to its citizens and growing in print and online,” Schroeder said in the online article.
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