Although the paper is named for the city of Salem, its offices are now in nearby Danvers, Massachusetts.

In addition to its home cities, the News covers most of southern Essex County, northeast of Boston.

Ottaway's Essex County Newspapers division, which also published the Gloucester Daily Times and The Daily News of Newburyport, moved its headquarters to the Evening News's Beverly offices.

[5] Ottaway, which still owns the Cape Cod Times and The Standard-Times in southeastern Massachusetts, seven years later sold its Essex County holdings, including the Salem paper, to their top competitor.

[6] The Eagle-Tribune chain was itself bought for an undisclosed amount of money by Community Newspaper Holdings (now CNHI), an Alabama company, in 2005.