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American newspaper publisher
"The Hippo" redirects here. For the Los Angeles band, see The Hippos.
Hippo Press is the publisher of the free weekly newspaper Hippo, based in Manchester, New Hampshire. As of March2026[update], it claims a print circulation of more than 34,000 free copies, distributed in more than 1,000 locations around the state of New Hampshire.[1]
History
In 2000, Jody Reese was hired to work was a reporter at the New Hampshire Union Leader. At that time he mainly covered the 2000 United States presidential election. In his free time, Reese published a blog, reporternotebook.com. The site featured tidbits, analysis and snarky satire he couldn't publish in the Union Leader. This was later changed to hippopress.com. Reese was soon joined by Dan Szczesny and a year later by Jeff Rapsis, both from the paper.[2]
In January 2001, Reese, Rapsis, and Szczesny started the Hippo newspaper. In 2004, they launched a second edition in Nashua, and in 2005 started a third in Concord. In 2007, the editions were combined into one newspaper with a circulation of 42,000.[3]
In 2006, the Hippo's owners launched a free weekday newspaper in Manchester called the Manchester Daily Express,[2] but it ceased in 2009.[4]
In 2009, the Hippo purchased The York Independent, a twice-monthly newspaper in York, Maine,[5][6] that ceased publication around 2011.
In popular culture
In 2006, Matt Farley included a song about the Hippo Press on the Moes Haven album "September: In Manchvegas".[7]
