The ''North Adams Transcript'', prior to being merged into ''

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published Mondays through Saturdays in

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. It was one of four Massachusetts newspapers owned by

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, Hancock, Lanesborough,

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, and

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; and Pownal and

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History

In 1896, the ''Transcript'' was bought by the Hardman family; 80 years later, co-publishers (and brothers) James Jr. and Robert Hardman sold it to ''

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'', which turned it over to

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Inc. in 1979. Then, in 1989, Ingersoll sold the paper to the American Publishing Company (later Hollinger International). The ''Transcript'' in 1975 was named the best small daily newspaper in

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, through its subsidiary Garden State Newspapers, acquired the paper from Hollinger in 1996 as part of a 10-newspaper trade involving properties from four other states. The purchase allowed MediaNews to deepen its ties to

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, where it had already bought ''

'' the year before."N. Adams Transcript in Newspaper Swap." ''The Union-News'' (Springfield, Mass.), April 5, 1996. Journalist

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got his start at the ''Transcript'' in the late 1980s before going to ''

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'' in 1990. The Transcript was absorbed into the Berkshire Eagle in January 2014.

References

External links

TheTranscript.com -- ''North Adams Transcript'' Website
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