Journal Register Co. announced that it has acquired the Montgomery Newspaper Group from Metroweek Corp.

The Montgomery Newspaper Group, based in Fort Washington, Pa., is comprised of 16 non-daily newspapers with a combined circulation of more than 95,000; three lifestyle magazines with a circulation of 57,000; and five specialty publications with a circulation of 188,000, all of which serve communities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The company reported revenues of $18 million in 2000.

Montgomery Newspaper Group will become part of Journal Register’s greater Philadelphia cluster, which includes Suburban Publications, the InterCounty Newspaper Group, Acme Newspapers and Phoenixville Newspapers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Journal Register owns a total of six daily newspapers and 88 non-daily newspapers in the Philadelphia area. Nationwide, the company owns 22 daily newspapers and 195 non-daily publications in the areas of Philadelphia, Cleveland, Connecticut, central New England, and in the Capital-Saratoga and Hudson regions of New York.