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Most of the weekly local newspapers in Washtenaw County have been acquired over the past several years by Heritage. Heritage itself has recently been acquired by Journal Register, a large national company that claims 27 daily and 368 non-daily papers.

Some community members have expressed concern that this agglomeration of local newspapers has or will contribute to a decline in the quality of reporting. The most recent round of this alarm was triggered in December, 2006, by news that the Ypsilanti Courier would be closing its offices in Ypsilanti and moving to Belleville, for financial reasons. Despite the sporadic protests over the perceived decline in local news, and occasionally stated desire to launch new, truly local competition, no such alternative has yet been seriously attempted.

Local Heritage papers include:

• Chelsea Standard - http://www.chelseastandard.com/
• Dexter Leader - http://www.dexterleader.com/
• Manchester Enterprise - http://www.manchesterenterprise.com/
• Milan News-Leader - http://www.milannews.com/
• Saline Reporter - http://www.salinereporter.com/
• Ypsilanti Courier - http://www.ypsilanticourier.com/

Heritage Newspapers website: http://www.heritage.com/

Journal Register website: http://www.journalregister.com/