Lowell Sun
The November 5, 2008 front page
of The Sun |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | MediaNews Group |
| Publisher | Mark O'Neil |
| Editor | James Campanini |
| Founded | August 10, 1878, as Lowell Weekly Sun |
| Headquarters | 491 Dutton Street, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854 United States |
| Circulation | 42,899 daily 47,897 Sunday (2011) |
| Website | lowellsun.com |
The Sun is a daily newspaper based in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States, serving towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in the Greater Lowell area and beyond. As of 2011, its average daily circulation was about 42,900 copies. The paper, often called The Lowell Sun to distinguish it from other famous newspapers, has been owned since 1997 by MediaNews Group of Colorado.
The newspaper's headquarters are in the first floor of the American Textile History Museum building in downtown Lowell. Before March 18, 2007, the newspaper occupied a succession of offices on Kearney Square, about half a mile away. One of the old news buildings, locally called "the Sunscraper," is a landmark high-rise topped with a huge neon "Sun" sign. The paper's most recent former home is across the street.
The paper's editorials have, for decades, espoused a moderately conservative bent in a city and state where Democratic voters overwhelm Republicans. In the 1970s, editor and firebrand Clement Costello, who was known for walking around in a cape, wrote that the U.S. should annex Mexico and was credited with helping to ruin John Kerry's chances of winning the 5th Congressional District seat in 1972. In 2004, the newspaper again made waves when it endorsed President George W. Bush for re-election instead of the hometown senator.
The Sun is known beyond its circulation area as the home base of columnist Paul Sullivan, who until 2007 hosted a nighttime talk show on WBZ AM radio in Boston. Before the newspaper moved, he would regularly tout scoops from "Lowell's great newspaper at 15 Kearney Square."
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