Massachusetts papers name new publisher

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Publisher Michael Moses is stepping down, and Shawn Palmer, who has a deep background in newspapers in Connecticut, has been named publisher of the Greenfield (Massachusetts) Recorder, Daily Hampshire Gazette and Athol Daily News.

Palmer most recently worked at The Day in New London, Connecticut, as chief revenue officer and is a past president of the Connecticut Daily Newspapers Association.

In his new role as Massachusetts publisher for Newspapers of New England, the papers' parent company, he will oversee all parts of the operation, including the digital and print publications of the Recorder, Gazette, Athol Daily News, Amherst Bulletin and Valley Advocate.

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