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Professional Services 70 Hartford Business Journal • decemBer 26, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com BOOK OF LISTS & ECONOMIC FORECAST 2016-2017 Top daily newspapers in Connecticut (Ranked by total daily circulation for the three months ending June 30, 2016) Average daily Average Sunday Rank Company Total circulation Print/ Digital (1) Total circulation Print/ Digital (1) Publisher/ Title Owner Year established 1 The Hartford Courant and affiliate 285 Broad St. Hartford, CT 06115 860-241-6200; www.courant.com 116,112 99,069 (2) 17,043 156,882 141,753 15,129 Andrew Julien Publisher (3) tronc Inc. (4) 1764 2 New Haven Register and affiliates 100 Gando Drive New Haven, CT 06513 203-789-5200; www.nhregister.com 48,491 43,300 (5) 5,191 (6) 60,831 55,595 (7) 5,236 (8) Kevin Corrado Publisher Digital First Media 1812 3 Republican-American 389 Meadow St., P.O. Box 2090 Waterbury, CT 06722 203-574-3636; www.rep-am.com 35,332 34,855 477 40,916 40,457 459 William J. Pape II Editor & publisher American- Republican Inc. 1844 4 Connecticut Post and affiliates 410 State St. Bridgeport, CT 06604 203-333-6688; www.ctpost.com 27,867 23,314 (9) 4,553 36,737 33,375 3,362 Paul Barbetta Group publisher & president, Hearst Media Services, Connecticut Hearst Media Services, Connecticut 1883 5 Journal Inquirer (10) 306 Progress Drive, P.O. Box 510 Manchester, CT 06045 800-237-3606; www.journalinquirer.com 25,496 25,460 36 27,921 (11) 27,885 36 Elizabeth S. Ellis Publisher Journal Inquirer Publishing Co. 1968 6 The Day 47 Eugene O'Neill Drive, P.O. Box 1231 New London, CT 06320 860-442-2200; www.theday.com 22,866 18,595 4,271 23,673 21,458 2,215 Gary Farrugia Publisher The Day Publishing Co. 1881 7 The News-Times 333 Main St. Danbury, CT 06810 877-542-6057; www.newstimes.com 11,541 9,313 2,228 15,649 13,447 2,202 Paul Barbetta Group publisher & president Hearst Media Services, Connecticut Hearst Media Services, Connecticut 1883 8 The Bulletin 10 Railroad Place Norwich, CT 06360 860-887-9211; www.norwichbulletin.com 10,654 (12) 9,861 793 14,001 13,207 794 Nadine McBride Publisher GateHouse Media Inc. 1791 9 The Advocate and affiliate 9A Riverbend Drive South, P.O. Box 9307 Stamford, CT 06907 203-324-9799; www.stamfordadvocate.com 7,486 6,518 (13) 968 9,491 9,092 399 Paul Barbetta Group publisher & president, Hearst Media Services, Connecticut Hearst Media Services, Connecticut 1829 10 The Hour 1 Selleck St. Norwalk, CT 06855 203-354-1000; www.thehour.com 6,203 (12) 6,050 153 6,057 5,904 153 Paul Barbetta Group publisher & president Hearst Media Services, Connecticut Hearst Media Services, Connecticut 1871 11 The Chronicle 1 Chronicle Road, P.O. Box 148 Willimantic, CT 06226 860-423-8466; www.thechronicle.com 5,051 4,677 374 6,221 (11) 5,853 368 Patrice Crosbie Publisher & president The Chronicle Printing Co. 1877 12 New Britain Herald and affiliate 1 Court St. New Britain, CT 06051 860-255-4601; www.centralctcommunications.com/ newbritainherald 4,846 (12) 4,038 808 7,732 (14) 7,658 (14) 74 (14) Michael E. Schroeder Editor & publisher Central Connecticut Communications LLC 1871 13 Greenwich Time 1445 E. Putnam Ave. Old Greenwich, CT 06870 203-629-2208; www.greenwichtime.com 4,766 3,978 788 6,181 5,121 1,060 Paul Barbetta Group publisher & president, Hearst Media Services, Connecticut Hearst Media Services, Connecticut 1877 14 The Bristol Press and affiliate 188 Main St. Bristol, CT 06010 860-584-0501; www.centralctcommunications.com/bristolpress 4,492 (12) 3,906 586 7,732 (14) 7,658 (14) 74 (14) Michael E. Schroeder Editor & publisher Central Connecticut Communications LLC 1871 15 The Register Citizen (15) 59 Field St., P.O. Box 58 Torrington, CT 06790 860-489-3121; www.registercitizen.com 2,741 (12) 2,360 381 2,579 2,272 307 Kevin Corrado Publisher Digital First Media 1874 Source: Alliance for Audited Media semiannual Newspaper Snapshot report for the three months ending June 30, 2016 unless otherwise indicated. Notes: NA = Not applicable. Daily average represents Monday-Friday unless otherwise indicated. The Record-Journal is not audited by Alliance for Audited Media and therefore not included in this list. (1) Digital represents the number of people who subscribe to the nonprint edition of the newspaper through tablet or smartphone apps, PDF replicas, metered or restricted-access websites or e-reader editions. (2) Includes Courant Community, formerly The Reminder News, an affiliated publication with 14,606 copies. (3) Julien replaced Tom Wiley as of March 2016. (4) Formerly called Tribune Publishing Co., rebranded effective June 20, 2016. (5) Includes affiliated publications as follows: Middletown Press with 2,338 copies, Shoreline Times with 10,553 copies and Milford Bulletin with 6,017 copies. (6) Includes Middletown Press with 396 copies. (7) Includes affiliated publications as follows: Middletown Press with 1,832 copies and Sunday Plus with 15,952 copies. (8) Includes Middletown Press with 388 digital copies. (9) Includes affiliated publications as follows: Fairfield Citizen with 314 copies and Westport News with 411 copies. (10) Data are for three months ending March 31, 2016. (11) Figure represents average Saturday circulation; does not circulate on Sundays. (12) Figure represents average Monday - Saturday circulation. (13) Includes Darien News, an affiliated publication, with 128 copies. (14) Figure represents a combined Sunday publication of the New Britain Herald and The Bristol Press. (15) Resigned from Alliance for Audited Media July 2016. Data are for three months ending March 31, 2016. —Compiled by Heide Martin.