with community newspaper company community newspaper group or community newspapers inc. . community newspaper holdings inc. type government owned retirement systems of alabama industry advertising sales founded 1997 headquarters montgomery alabama usa key people george wakefield chairman donna j. barrett president and chief executive officer lynn pearson chief financial officer products newspapers revenue 520 million usd 2009 number of employees 6 501 2007 website http www.cnhi.com community newspaper holdings inc. cnhi is an american publisher of newspapers and advertising related publications throughout the united states . the company was formed in 1997 by ralph martin 1 and is based in montgomery alabama 2 after moving from birmingham alabama in september 2011 . the company is financed by the retirement systems of alabama . contents 1 history 2 cnhi newspapers 3 references 3.1 further reading 4 external links history edit the company has been formed by acquisitions . it started by acquiring many of the smaller former park papers from media general . two years later it bought several papers from hollinger international . in 2000 it acquired another batch of papers from the thomson corporation . in 2002 cnhi paid 182 million for 4 daily newspapers and other non daily publications from ottaway newspapers inc. the community newspaper group of dow jones & co. inc. that ottaway had determined not to be growth markets . 3 in 2006 the company acquired 6 more newspapers from ottaway . 4 ottaway used 144 million of the 2002 sale to buy the record newspaper in stockton california in 2003 . 5 in september 2013 dow jones which had renamed the properties as dow jones local media group sold the entire remaining group of 33 community newspapers to newcastle investment corp. for a total of only 87 million . 6 in 2007 cnhi sold the santa cruz sentinel a former ottaway publication to medianews group . 7 as of 2006 cnhi owned 90 daily newspapers and more than 200 non daily newspapers in 22 states . george wakefield is cnhi chairman ; donna barrett is president and ceo . cnhi newspapers are clustered in groups that cross sell packages to advertisers 1 and occasionally feature shared editorial content . in 2009 cnhi implemented mandatory furloughs for most non sales staff requiring employees to take a mandatory week off without pay every quarter . as of 2015 these dowop days off without pay were still in effect . also in 2014 most cnhi newspaper sites put a paywall into place requiring readers to subscribe after reading 5 articles . on june 24 2010 the company announced that it would relocate its headquarters and about 70 jobs to montgomery alabama into the rsa dexter tower building when that building is complete in late 2011 or early 2012 . 8 like its former headquarters in birmingham the new building is owned by retirement systems of alabama which is the principal source of investment funding for cnhi . david bronner ceo of the rsa said the move will be good for the community and the company . the montgomery advertiser newspaper reported that bronner was a key player in the move . with cnhi s birmingham lease expiring the decision to bring the company to montgomery was something that i strongly suggested he said according to the newspaper . the city and montgomery county offered 300 000 in incentives to pay moving costs for the company . 8 in april 2012 along with gatehouse media lee enterprises and the e.w. scripps company cnhi invested in find n save an online company which offers local media an online shopping platform . 9 cnhi newspapers edit see list of newspapers published by community newspaper holdings cnhi tends to purchase smaller less famous newspapers . few of its dailies have circulations above 20 000 ; exceptions include the eagle tribune of north andover massachusetts 49 700 10 the tribune democrat of johnstown pennsylvania 41 200 11 the joplin globe of joplin missouri 30 600 11 cumberland times news of cumberland maryland 30 200 11 the salem news of salem massachusetts 30 000 10 the register herald of beckley west virginia 28 700 11 tribune star of terre haute indiana 27 900 11 the herald bulletin of anderson indiana 24 300 11 kokomo tribune of kokomo indiana 21 900 11 mankato free press of mankato minnesota 21 700 11 the herald of sharon pennsylvania 20 400 11 bluefield daily telegraph of bluefield west virginia 20 400 11 references edit a b company history community newspaper holdings inc. at answers.com accessed march 31 2010 community newspaper holdings inc. private company information businessweek . investing.businessweek.com . retrieved 22 may 2012 . the herald sharon pa . . retrieved 10 may 2016 . cnhi to acquire 6 dailies from dow jones . cnhi . november 1 2006 . retrieved may 26 2014 . dow jones ottaway community newspaper group to acquire the record stockton ca . 16 april 2003 . retrieved 10 may 2016 . http www.bizjournals.com newyork news 2013 09 04 news corp sells dow jones local media.html page all medianews group inc. acquires santa cruz sentinel . cnhi . february 2 2007 . retrieved may 26 2014 . a b community newspaper holdings moving headquarters to montgomery . burmingham business journal . february 4 2011 . retrieved may 26 2014 . find n save announces additional investment by four more major media and publishing companies ; launch of 125th affiliate marketwatch . marketwatch.com . retrieved 22 may 2012 . a b audit bureau of circulation ecirc data for six months ending september 30 2006 . accessed december 10 2006 . figures are approximate . a b c d e f g h i j cnhi can circulation figures for an undetermined date accessed january 17 2007 . figures are approximate . further reading edit walton mary may 1999 . the state of the american newspaper the selling of small town america . american journalism review . college park university of maryland foundation . external links edit cnhi official website v t e community newspaper holdings inc. daily newspapers in the midwest clinton herald commercial news daily iowegian effingham daily news the free press the goshen news greensburg daily news the herald bulletin the joplin globe kokomo tribune the lebanon reporter mt. vernon register news news and tribune the oskaloosa herald ottumwa courier pharos tribune rushville republican shelbyville daily union star beacon traverse city record eagle tribune star washington times herald daily newspapers in the northeast the daily item the daily news of newburyport the daily star the danville news the eagle tribune gloucester daily times haverhill gazette the herald the journal register lockport union sun & journal the meadville tribune new castle news niagara gazette press republican the salem news tonawanda news the tribune democrat daily newspapers in the southeast americus times recorder bluefield daily telegraph commonwealth journal cordele dispatch the cullman times cumberland times news the daily citizen the daily southerner glasgow daily times the independent the meridian star the moultrie observer the news courier richmond register the register herald thomasville times enterprise the tifton gazette the times tribune times west virginian the union recorder the valdosta daily times daily newspapers in the west south central states ada evening news athens daily review claremore daily progress cleburne times review corsicana daily sun the daily times duncan banner edmond sun enid news & eagle the express star gainesville daily register herald banner the huntsville item jacksonville daily progress mcalester news capital mineral wells index muskogee phoenix newspress the norman transcript the orange leader palestine herald press the port arthur news san marcos daily record tahlequah daily press weatherford democrat woodward news all cnhi newspapers list of newspapers published by community newspaper holdings retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title community newspaper holdings & oldid 736923138 categories daily newspapers published by community newspaper holdingsnewspaper companies of the united statesmedia companies of the united statesprivately held companies in the united statescompanies based in montgomery alabamapublishing companies established in 19971997 establishments in alabamahidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 august 2016 at 18 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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