Nashua Telegraph
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The July 27, 2005 front page of
The Telegraph |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Ogden Newspapers |
| Publisher | Jim Konig |
| Editor | Roger Carroll |
| Founded | October 20, 1832, as New-Hampshire Telegraph |
| Headquarters | 17 Executive Drive, Hudson, New Hampshire 03051, United States |
| Circulation | 16,653 daily 22,169 Sundays in 2012 |
| OCLC number | 22532489 |
| Website | www |
The Telegraph, for most of its existence known as the Nashua Telegraph, is a daily newspaper in Nashua, New Hampshire. It was founded as the Nashua Daily Telegraph in 1869, although a weekly version dates back to 1832. As of 2005[update] it was the second-largest newspaper in the state, with a circulation of about 27,000 daily, and 34,000 on Sunday.
After being family owned for a century, The Telegraph was bought in the 1980s by Independent Publications of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, which owned several smaller daily and weekly newspapers around the United States as well as some other businesses. In 2005, the paper's owner bought the Cabinet Press, publisher of weekly newspapers based in nearby Milford, New Hampshire. In April 2013, it was bought by Ogden Newspapers of Wheeling, West Virginia. The new owners put up a paywall, meaning that only paying subscribers can view the contents of the newspaper website.
The paper received national attention during the 1980 New Hampshire presidential primary, when it hosted a Republican debate paid for by the campaign of former California Governor Ronald Reagan. During a discussion over which candidates should be allowed to participate, Telegraph editor Jon Breen, acting as moderator, told the soundman to turn off Reagan's microphone. Reagan's response of "I am paying for this microphone, Mr. Green", [sic] was wildly applauded by the audience and even his fellow Republican primary opponents, although he got the moderator's name wrong. The phrase entered the political lexicon and, some say, helped launch Reagan's successful run for the presidency.
Reagan later recounted the incident as a "brief and seemingly small event, one lasting only a few seconds", that he said he thought, "helped take me to the White House". He continues:
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