The Westerly Sun is the latest family-owned local newspaper to be sold to a larger management company.
When the sale goes through at the end of the month, The Westerly Sun’s will be owned by Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers. The company already owns several local weeklies, as well as daily papers the Pawtucket Times, and the Woonsocket Call.
Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers Publisher Jody Boucher said in an emailed statement, that all Westerly Sun employees will be retained.
For nearly two decades the Westerly Sun has been owned by the Record Journal Publishing Company, a family-owned media group based in central Connecticut.
On Monday, members of the staff were told they will be selling the paper. According to one of the company’s other papers, the Meriden Record Journal, the company sold the Westerly Sun to focus on other growth areas.
