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Holyoke Transcript-Telegram
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<p>The <i>Holyoke Transcript-Telegram</i>, or <i>T‑T</i>, was an afternoon <a href="/facts/Daily_newspaper/q4waJGVL">daily newspaper</a> covering the city of <a href="/facts/Holyoke%2c_Massachusetts/Xq6zTLwS">Holyoke, Massachusetts</a>, United States, and adjacent portions of <a href="/facts/Hampden_County%2c_Massachusetts/KMEaoKnK">Hampden County</a> and <a href="/facts/Hampshire_County%2c_Massachusetts/HFbJJ6rM">Hampshire County</a>. </p><p>Published as a daily since 1882, after four years of heavy losses the newspaper ceased publication in January 1993; at the time it was one of the longest running Massachusetts papers to fold, two decades longer than the <i><a href="/facts/Boston_Post/EPFtBras">Boston Post</a></i>. Long owned by the Dwight family, the <i>T-T</i>'s last owner was <a href="/facts/Newspapers_of_New_England/bqCfee47">Newspapers of New England</a>, which had been founded by the Dwights as a holding company for the <i>T-T</i> and other newspapers it had acquired. </p><p>With the departure of the <i>T-T</i>, Holyoke lost its only <a href="/facts/Newspaper_of_record/ccA83WD6">newspaper of record</a>. Daily newspaper readers in the city turned to newspapers in nearby cities, which increased their coverage of Holyoke: the <i>Union-News</i> of <a href="/facts/Springfield%2c_Massachusetts/MhlE56c4">Springfield</a>, now called <i><a href="/facts/The_Republican_(Springfield%2c_Massachusetts)/72EWrgrM">The Republican</a></i>; and the <i><a href="/facts/Daily_Hampshire_Gazette/x9RFg7W0">Daily Hampshire Gazette</a></i> of <a href="/facts/Northampton%2c_Massachusetts/FmcfA1pf">Northampton</a>. </p>