Hippo Press
American newspaper publisher
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Hippo Press is the publisher of the free weekly newspaper Hippo, based in Manchester, New Hampshire. As of March 2026[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]
Jeff Rapsis
Dan Szczesny
Newspaper vending machine for the Hippo Press located in Concord, New Hampshire | |
| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Jody Reese Jeff Rapsis Dan Szczesny |
| Publisher | Hippo Press LLC |
| Founded | January 2001 |
| Headquarters | Manchester, New Hampshire |
| Website | hippopress.com |
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]
