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Line 1: {{~~Infobox~~Short description\|Newspaper in Bennington, Vermont}} {{Infobox newspaper \| name = The Bennington Banner▼ \| ~~image~~name = =The Bennington Banner ~~logo.png~~ ▲\| ~~name~~ image = ~~The~~ Bennington Banner logo.png \| caption = ~~\| type = Daily Newspaper~~ \| ~~format~~ type = [[~~Broadsheet~~Daily newspaper]] \| format = [[Broadsheet]] \| foundation = 1841 \| ceased publication = ~~\| price = 75 cents Monday-Friday, 1.00 cents for Saturday-Sunday.~~ \| owners = Vermont News and Media ~~= New England Newspapers~~LLC \| publisher = ~~Alan~~Jordan ~~English~~Brechenser \| editor = Executive Editor: Noah Hoffenberg <br /> Vermont Statehouse Editor: Greg Sukiennik <br />News Editor: Dave LaChance ~~\| editor = Keith Whitcomb Jr.~~ \| chiefeditor = \| assoceditor = \| staff = \| language = English▼ ~~\| staff =~~ \| political = ▼ ▲\| language = English \| headquarters = 425 Main Street<br /> [[Bennington, Vermont]] 05201<br /> {{USA}} \|▼ ▲\| political = \| oclc = ~~\| circulation = 7,800~~ \| ISSN = ▲\| headquarters = 425 Main Street<br /> [[Bennington, Vermont]] 05201<br /> {{USA}} \| \| website = {{URL\|benningtonbanner.com}} ~~\| oclc =~~ ~~\| ISSN =~~ ~~\| website = [http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ ''Bennington Banner'']~~ }} '''''The Bennington Banner''''' is a daily [[newspaper]] published in [[Bennington, Vermont]]. ~~Established in 1841, the~~The paper covers local, national, and world news. The ''Bennington Banner'' sells 7,800 papers daily with a penetration of 65% in Bennington.<ref>Bennington retrieved July 22, 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.vtliving.com/newspapers/benningtonbanner/ Vermont Living] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927135317/http://www.vtliving.com/newspapers/benningtonbanner/ \|date=September 27, 2007 }}. ''Bennington Banner''.</ref> It is distributed throughout Southwestern Vermont and eastern New York (Rensselaer and Washington Counties). The paper is owned by ~~New~~''Vermont ~~England~~News ~~Newspapers~~and Media LLC'' and is published Monday through ~~Saturday~~Friday, plus a weekend edition.<ref>{{Cite web\| title = About Us\| work = The Berkshire Eagle\| ~~accessdate~~access-date = 2017-10-25\| url = http://www.berkshireeagle.com/eagle-about-us.html\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180625111459/http://www.berkshireeagle.com/eagle-about-us.html\| archive-date = 2018-06-25\| url-status = dead}}</ref> ==History== In early 2007 the ''Bennington Banner'' came under fire from ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' for allegedly not taking an editorial stance on a legal case involving child molestation,<ref>BillOreilly.com: [http://www.billoreilly.com/pg/jsp/general/mediadef.jsp "Hall of Shame"]</ref> an accusation that the newspaper states is grossly misconstrued.<ref>Therrien, James: [http://www.benningtonbanner.com/columnists/ci_5028977 "The O'Reilly Treatment"]</ref>▼ Vermont newspaperman and Republican politician, [[Frank E. Howe]], bought two [[Bennington, Vermont]], weeklies in 1902 and merged them to form the daily ''Bennington Banner'', of which he was publisher and editor. Around 1960–1961, the ''Bennington Banner'' was purchased by Lawrence Miller and his brother Donald, the sons of [[Kelton B. Miller]], a politician and newspaperman in nearby [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]]. Kelton's grandson, also named Kelton Miller, served as publisher of the ''Banner'' from 1977 until 1995, at which point it was purchased by ''MediaNews Group.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=About Us\|url=https://www.benningtonbanner.com/site/about.html\|access-date=2021-01-16\|website=Bennington Banner\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|agency=Associated Press\|title=Former Bennington Banner publisher dies\|url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/former-bennington-banner-publisher-dies/article_025e310f-c4ed-5cbc-ac88-486d3562b2d2.html\|access-date=2021-01-16\|website=Rutland Herald\|date=12 May 2007 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Ap\|date=1991-04-02\|title=Lawrence K. Miller; Publisher, 83 (Published 1991)\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/02/obituaries/lawrence-k-miller-publisher-83.html\|access-date=2021-01-16\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Under ''MediaNews Group'' ownership, Jim Therrien served as managing editor of the ''Banner'' from 2006 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Jim Therrien, Author at VTDigger \|url=https://vtdigger.org/author/jim-therrien/ \|website=VTDigger\|date=22 October 2018 }}</ref> ''MediaNews Group'' eventually combined with other entities and re-branded as ''Digital First Media''.<ref name=":0" /> In 2016, the ''Banner'' and other newspapers in the ''New England Newspapers Inc.'' portfolio were purchased from ''Digital First Media'' by a group of [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts]]-based investors''.<ref name=":1" />'' In May 2021 the New England Newspapers sold Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer and Manchester Journal to Vermont News and Media LLC ==''Freedom from Fear'' painting== A copy of the ''Bennington Banner'' is shown in [[Norman Rockwell]]'s painting [[Freedom from Fear (painting)\|''Freedom from Fear'']], one of the paintings in his ''[[Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)\|Four Freedoms]]'' series.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}} == Controversy == ▲In early 2007 the ''Bennington Banner'' came under fire from ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' for allegedly not taking an editorial stance on a legal case involving child molestation,<ref>BillOreilly.com: [http://www.billoreilly.com/pg/jsp/general/mediadef.jsp "Hall of Shame"]</ref> an accusation ~~that~~disputed by the newspaper's ~~states~~editor isat ~~grossly~~the ~~misconstrued~~time, Jim Therrien.<ref>~~Therrien,~~{{Cite ~~James:~~web\| title = The O'Reilly Treatment \| url = [http://www.benningtonbanner.com/columnists/ci_5028977\| ~~"The~~archive-url ~~O'Reilly~~= ~~Treatment"]~~https://web.archive.org/web/20070820020128/https://www.benningtonbanner.com/columnists/ci_5028977/\| archive-date = 2007-08-20\| url-status = dead }}</ref> ==References== Line 36 ⟶ 45: == External links == [http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ ''The Bennington Banner'', Official Site] [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95066012/ Historic Newspaper Pages (~~1903-1922~~1903–1922) on Chronicling America] {{VT daily papers}} Line 43 ⟶ 52: [[Category:Bennington, Vermont]] [[Category:MediaNews Group publications]] [[Category:1841 establishments in Vermont]] [[Category:Newspapers established in 1841]]