FAIRPORT, N.Y., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GateHouse Media, Inc.

Journal Register Company (NYSE:JRC) today announced that it has completed the sale of its two daily community newspapers and five non-daily publications in Massachusetts to GateHouse Media, Inc.

The Journal Register Co. will sell seven Massachusetts publications to Gatehouse Media Inc. of New York for about $70 million. The deal includes two newspapers, The Herald News of Fall River and the Taunton Daily Gazette of Taunton. Additionally, the sale will include five non-daily publications.