EXHIBIT 21.1

                LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF JOURNAL REGISTER COMPANY

         The following is a list of the  corporations  that are  subsidiaries of
Journal Register Company, a Delaware corporation.  If indented,  the corporation
listed is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the corporation under which it is listed.

                                                                     State of
Name of Corporation                                                Incorporation
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Journal News, Inc.                                                   Delaware

                               1
    Journal Register East, Inc.                                      Delaware

                                           2
         Northeast Publishing Company, Inc.                          Delaware

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     1
       Doing business as the New Haven Register, The Herald,  The Bristol Press,
The Register Citizen, The Middletown Press, Shore Line Times, Pictorial Gazette,
The Dolphin,  Branford Review,  Clinton Recorder,  Regional  Standard,  Regional
Express,  The County  Trader,  Pennysaver,  Shoreliner  West,  Shoreliner  East,
Shoreliner  Shopper East,  Shoreliner  Shopper West,  Milford Reporter,  Milford
Sunday, Hamden Chronicle, The Stratford Bard, The Post, The Orange Bulletin, The
Advertiser,  West Haven News, West Hartford News,  Weathersfield Post, Newington
Town Crier, Windsor Journal,  Valley News, Rocky Hill Post,  Bloomfield Journal,
Windsor Locks Journal, East Hartford Gazette,  Thomaston Express,  Connecticut's
County Kids,  Tradewinds,  Rhode Island Homes, Homes Pictorial,  Hartford Homes,
Springfield  Homes,  Foothills Trader,  Daily Local News, The Times Herald,  The
Phoenix,  The  Suburban & Wayne  Times,  The  Suburban  Advertiser,  The King of
Prussia Courier,  The Village News, The Times Record, The Tri-County Record, The
Tri-County  Record-Pottstown,  The Weekly Saver,  The Record,  The  Narragansett
Times, The Standard Times, The East Greenwich  Pendulum,  The Chariho Times, The
Coventry Courier,  The Westerly Shopper,  The Telegraph,  Cahokia-Dupo  Journal,
Collinsville Herald Journal, County Journal,  Edwardsville Journal, Granite City
Press  Record,  Enterprise  Journal,   O'Fallon  Journal,   Belleville  Journal,
Collinsville  Herald,  East St. Louis News Journal,  Fairview  Heights  Journal,
Granite City Press  Record  Journal,  Clarion  Journal,  Granite  City  Journal,
Central West End Journal,  Citizen Journal,  Jefferson  County Journal,  Meramec
Journal, News Democrat Journal, Press Journal,  South County Journal,  Southwest
City Journal, St. Charles Journal, Tri-County Journal, Webster-Kirkwood Journal,
County Star Journal - (East Edition), County Star Journal - (West Edition), West
County Journal,  Chesterfield Journal,  Mid-County Journal,  North Side Journal,
Oakville-Mehlville  Journal, South City Journal,  South Side Journal,  Southwest
County Journal, St. Peters Journal, Warrenton Journal, Wentzville Journal, North
County Journal (East Edition),  North County Journal (West Edition), West County
Kids,  St.  Charles  County Kids,  Valley  Express,  Shore Line Express,  Hamden
Express,  US Express,  Press Plus, Herald Extra,  Voice,  Cover Story,  Township
Voice, Suburban Extra, Alton Cover Story and Edwardsville Cover Story.

     2
       Doing  business  as  The  News-Herald,  The  Morning  Journal,  The Times
Reporter,  The Trentonian,  The Herald News, Tauton Daily Gazette, The Call, The
Times, Closer Look, Chatter,  Express Line, Cover Story,  Cumberland Cover Story
and Times Plus.