Community Newspapers Inc. (CNI) is a subsidiary

Subsidiary

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 of Journal Communications

Journal Communications

Journal Communications, Inc. is a publicly traded media company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It publishes the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a daily newspaper, and it also owns television stations, radio stations and weekly newspapers, among other businesses.-History:The Milwaukee Journal was...

 based in New Berlin, Wisconsin

New Berlin, Wisconsin

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. It publishes eight weekly newspaper

Newspaper

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s in the Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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metropolitan area. CNI has about 110 full-time employees and about 30 part-time employees.

History

Most of the CNI newspapers were not started by their current owner and have traded owners several times in their history. The Wauwatosa News-Times (now Wauwatosa NOW) dates back to March 1899, the West Allis Star (now Greenfield-West Allis NOW) was first published on December 14, 1916, and the Whitefish Bay Herald (now North Shore NOW) first issue was released on June 12, 1930.

Newspapers

• Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW
• Germantown-Menomonee Falls NOW
• Greenfield-West Allis NOW
• Muskego-New Berlin NOW
• North Shore NOW
• Oak Creek-Franklin-Greendale-Hales Corners NOW
• South Shore NOW
• Wauwatosa NOW