The Berkshire Eagle is a daily newspaper in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events.
The newspaper is published seven days a week.
The Berkshire Eagle covers local and regional news, events and people in the city of Pittsfield and across Berkshire County in western Massachusetts. It began with the founding in 1789 of the Western Star, a weekly newspaper. The Eagle has published as a daily since 1891 and was owned by the Miller family until 1995, when it was bought by MediaNews Group (before that company declared bankruptcy and was acquired by Alden Global Capital).
In January 2014, the North Adams Transcript ceased publication and was merged into the Berkshire Eagle. On May 2, 2016, a group of Berkshire County investors bought the Eagle and three sister newspapers in Vermont from Digital First Media (now known as MediaNews Group). The other newspapers are the Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer and Manchester Journal.
Circulation estimate: 24,657
This newspaper is owned by New England Newspapers Inc.
For Berkshire Eagle contact information, see the Massachusetts news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
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Berkshire Eagle Buys New Printing Press, Renews Commitment to Print Publication
-- The printed newspaper is alive and well at the Berkshire Eagle newspaper in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. On August 21, 2021, President and Publisher Fred Rutberg said The Eagle has purchased a Community SSC Magnum printing press manufactured by Goss. He said "We are buying this press so that we can provide you, our readers, with a better newspaper. The Magnum will allow us to print color on every page of the newspaper, whereas...
Traditional Journalism No Match for the Crowd, Digital First CEO Says
-- John Paton, CEO of Digital First Media, which manages the Journal Register Company and MediaNews Group, Inc., owner of the Berkshire Eagle, addressed the Canadian Journalism Foundation on February 16, 2012.
In an address entitled Old Dogs, New Tricks, and Crappy Newspaper Executives, Paton talks about the perils of hanging on to old thinking about the newspaper industry.
Declaring that, in his view, "......
It is a shame when the only local papers in the area are owned by the same company! I miss the competition of a good rivalry, it keeps the news sharp. The BerkshireEagle is the only Daily newspaper in Pittsfield, and one of only 2 in Berkshire County. The other county dailoy, The North Adams Transcript, is owned and published by the same company. There is not even a semblance of fair reporting.Just about every story and article is editorialized to fit their agenda! Write a Berkshire Eagle review. Log in now if you are a Mondo Times member. If you are not a member, register for a free Mondo Times basic membership.
Posted by Blanch, Canaan, MASS, June 18, 2008
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