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Termination Notices Issued At Journal Register Papers

Employees all Journal Register Co. newspapers, including The Mercury, have received termination notices as part of a bankruptcy proceeding.

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Online News Resource Adds Staffer

LOWER POTTSGROVE PA – Newspaper reporter Michael Hays, who covers Lower Pottsgrove (PA) and Limerick (PA) townships for The (Pottstown PA) Mercury newspaper, reportedly will leave that position at mid-month and join the staff of WhatsThe422.com, an interactive, online-only news resource that reports daily from municipalities in the Upper Perkiomen Valley and much of the [...]

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Two Newspaper Firms File For Bankruptcy

POTTSTOWN PA – Depending on your point of view as an outsider or a stakeholder, it was either an ugly or life-saving weekend for print journalism in the Greater Philadelphia area. Journal Register Co., which owns The (Pottstown PA) Mercury newspaper, filed for bankruptcy Saturday (Feb. 21, 2009). Philadelphia Newspapers LLC, owner of The Philadelphia [...]

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Lender Pact Ends For Mercury's Parent

POTTSTOWN PA – Borrowing money it couldn’t pay back led in 1990 to the downfall of Ingersoll Publications, a company that formerly managed The (Pottstown PA) Mercury newspaper. Now it may also be the undoing of The Mercury’s current owner, Journal Register Company (JRC). The Mercury is Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township‘s newspaper of record for [...]

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No One Talking About Mercury's Fate

POTTSTOWN PA – The Mercury, the daily newspaper that serves Sanatoga, Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township, and surrounding portions of western Montgomery, northern Chester and eastern Berks counties, may be up for sale … or may not. No matter what its future, uncertainty over its status is raising eyebrows. Journal Register Company (JRC), The Mercury’s corporate [...]

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