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Statistics
Unique monthly visitors

67,353

Average page views

830,704

E-newsletter

  • Yes, a single newsletter

E-newsletter subscribers

once a day plus breaking news

Facebook followers

10,000 plus

Twitter followers

2,717

Revenue

  • Less than $50,000

Primary revenue source(s)

  • Local advertising (including web and e-newsletter ads)
  • Micro donations ($100 or less)

Ad products

  • Traditional Web display advertising sold directly by your organization
  • Video advertising
  • Sponsored content or native advertising

Paywall

  • No

Distribution

  • Direct to web/mobile

Date of most recent publisher update

June 10 2019

Last Publisher Update

  • 2019-06-10 18:49:29 UTC

Framingham Source
Framingham Source

Local news, notices, obituaries and more for Framingham, Mass. Has a newsletter. Susan Petroni is the publisher and editor. Revenue: Advertising, donations.

Who is in charge?

Susan S. Petroni

Job title

Publisher/Editor

City

Framingham

State

Massachusetts

Zip code

01702

Year launched

2016

Tax status

  • LLC

Geographic scope

  • Large city or Metro area

Other geographic focus

MetroWest Boston - Framingham, Ashland & Natick

Population of coverage area

150,000

Scope of coverage

  • General news or a number of topics that are not necessarily closely related to each other

Primary focus

  • Current news and events

Topics of coverage

  • Business in coverage area
  • Crime & justice
  • Education & schools
  • Food
  • Government

Watchdog journalism?

  • Yes, occasional

Site Twitter handle

https://twitter.com/FramSource

Effective engagement practice

The news site does not allow comments on its main platform www.FraminghamSource.com - we push engagement and comments to Facebook and Twitter.

Facebook analytics
Daily newsletter -- click rate and open rate
Google analytics

Revenue challenges

One-woman operation
Publisher/ad manager/editor/journalists/photographer