The plan for the creation of the
Winsted Citizen was officially unveiled on January 3, 2023, during a
Rotary Club meeting at the Green Woods Country Club. Journalist Andy Thibault served as the paper's editor and publisher while Ralph Nader, a native of Winsted who delivered newspapers as a boy, agreed to provide financial support for the first edition, which amounted to $15,000. Of that money $5,000 was to pay Thibault with the rest going toward the paper's production. Thibault said future funding would come from selling advertisements and paid subscriptions from readers.'' Nader said he wanted the publication to be print-focused and to not publish content online. He recommended waiting up to two months to gauge interest before committing to a second edition, but Thibault did not want to delay publishing more issues, saying: A subscription for the rest of 2023 was $25, and would increase to $95 annually the following year. and cost about $30,000 for each paper published monthly. Thibault stated that changes were required to ensure the continual operation of the paper. Thibault planned to cease the publication's print-only stance Nader advocated for and also publish it on a
paywalled website. Two days later it was announced the paper had been sold to American Business Media LLC and would continue publishing. As a result of the sale, the paper did not lay off any employees and Thibault stayed on as a contributing editor. Since the purchase, the newspaper's website has shut down and no new issues have been published. == Content ==