The first newspaper in town was the Gloucester Telegraph,
issued on the first of January, 1827. It was published weekly until
1834, then semi-weekly until 1873, when it again changed to weekly,
and so continued until it went out of existence in October, 1876.
The Gloucester Democrat was a semi-weekly, first published in
1834, and merged into the Salem Advertiser in February, 1838.
The Cape Ann Light was begun as a weekly edition of the Gloucester Telegraph in 1843 and discontinued in 1873.
The Gloucester News, also a semi-weekly, was first issued in 1848
and in 1851 was merged into the Gloucester Telegraph.
The Cape Ann Advertiser was first a monthly, as the Gloucester
Advertiser from 1856 to 1857, then semi-monthly to the fifth of
December the same year, when it took its present name and was
published every two weeks until November, 1858, since which time
it has been issued weekly.
The Gloucester Bulletin was a weekly paper from November, 1877
to the 30th of April, 1888.
The Gloucester News, daily, published its first number the 28th
of June, 1884, and its last on the fourth of February, 1886.
The Cape Ann Breeze, daily, was first issued on the 20th of
August, 1884.
The Gloucester Daily Times commenced publication June 16,
1888.
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