East Bay Media Group began with theBristol Phoenix, founded by William H. S. Bayley in 1837. Current owner Matthew Hayes is descended from Roswell S. Bosworth Sr., who took over the paper in 1929. The company's Web presence debuted in 1998.[5]
East Bay Media Group publishes seven newspapers in Rhode Island, spanningBristol,Newport andProvidence counties, and two inBristol County, Massachusetts. News bureaux are maintained in Rhode Island at 1 Bradford Street, Bristol, Rhode Island.
Bristol Phoenix
The company's flagship paper, thePhoenix is based in and coversBristol, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1837 and now costs one dollar. Its circulation was 3,451 in 2022.[6]
Barrington Times
Based in Bristol, theTimes has coveredBarrington, Rhode Island, since 1958. Its newsstand cost is onedollar. Its circulation was 2,629 in 2022.[6]
Based in Bristol, thePortsmouth Times coversPortsmouth. It is a free newspaper. Its circulation was 3,472 in 2022.[6]
Sakonnet Times
Based in Tiverton, theSakonnet Times has coveredLittle Compton, andTiverton, Rhode Island, since 1967. It costs one dollar. Its circulation in 2022 was 117 copies in Portsmouth, 2,028 in Tiverton and 446 in Little Compton.[6]
Based in Bristol and coveringWarren, Rhode Island, theTimes-Gazette was founded in 1961 and costs one dollar. Its circulation was 1,458 in 2022.[6]
Westport Shorelines
Westport Shorelines was founded in 1993 by Marsha England and covered both Little Compton andWestport, Massachusetts. It was sold to (then) East Bay Newspapers in 2000. It costs 75 cents. Its circulation was 1,120 in 2022.[6]
Newport This Week
East Bay formerly published a weekly inMiddletown andNewport, Rhode Island, calledNewport This Week. The paper, founded in 1972, was sold to former employee Tom Shevlin in 2011 after he had left to start a news website, Newport Now,[7] in 2009.[8] Its circulation was 13,866 in 2022.[6]
