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59. The Gazette newspapers were acquired by the Washington Post several years ago

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 02:02 PM

Jul 2015

Jeff Bezos of Amazon bought the Post & Gazette papers last year.

The Gaithersburg Gazette had grown into a number of editions including the Rockville Gazette, Silver Spring Gazette, Olney Gazette, Germantown Gazette and papers in Frederick and Prince Georges County, all free. Allegedly they weren't getting enough ad revenue.

in the mid-90s I worked for several years for the daily Montgomery Journal, which went out of business too. And some of the papers I worked for in NJ have also vanished.

Did you live in Gaithersburg? I'm in Derwood, near the Shady Grove Metro.

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Did you deliver the Gazette? LiberalEsto Jul 2015 #57

The Gaithersburg Gazette? A HERETIC I AM Jul 2015 #58

The Gazette newspapers were acquired by the Washington Post several years ago LiberalEsto Jul 2015 #59

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