By: E&P Staff The Hartford (Conn.) Courant has agreed to sell its alternative weekly the Valley Advocate to Newspapers of New England (NNE). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Executives with the Courant said in a statement the sale of the Valley Advocate allows the Courant to focus on its core Connecticut properties. The Advocate is based in Easthampton, Mass.
"This is a good acquisition for Newspapers of New England because the talented people at the Valley Advocate will help strengthen the company's footprint in their market," Steve Carver, president and publisher of the Courant, said in a statement.
NNE publishes the Concord (N.H.) Monitor, the Daily Hampshire Gazette serving Northampton, Mass., the Valley News in Lebanon/Hanover, N.H., and The Recorder in Greenfield Mass, along with other papers in the area.
"The information and advertising in the Valley Advocate reaches a different audience than our other publications," Aaron Julien, publisher of the Daily Hampshire Gazette, said in a statement. "We currently complement each other and that is a strength we want to keep and build on."
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