Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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The New Haven Register lives!

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, August 13, 2009

A rare instance of good news on the newspapers-are-dying front: The parent company of the New Haven Register, the Journal Register Co., has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The Journal Register Co. — a conglomerate of small daily newspapers, of which the Register is the largest, and scores of weekly newspapers — filed for bankruptcy in February. That meant Connecticut's two most prominent newspapers, the Register and the Tribune-owned Hartford Courant, were both operating under bankruptcy...

#1 By betty 1:15p.m. on August 13, 2009

First it was the Journal Currier, now it's the Register -- where in the world are people in New Haven supposed to get their news? Is the Advocate still available?

#2 By Steve 6:04p.m. on August 13, 2009

Betty, the best place for folks in New Haven to get their news is www.newhavenindependent.org

#3 By ALS 4:14p.m. on August 14, 2009

"But a gutted newspaper is better than no newspaper at all." Not necessarily true when we're talking about the New Haven Register.

#4 By janetkochhladky 4:47p.m. on August 14, 2009

So come across with our pensions!!! lol! Hey everybody, Greg Hladky is now working for the Advocates!!!! Weasels ripped my flesh! Cover story this week!

#5 By 12:28a.m. on August 19, 2009

the writing in that paper is so bad. it should die soon.

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