 Today, several of the Mariner papers still publish as part of CNC, now owned by GateHouse Media.Many of the others were folded into former competitors after CNC acquired Mariner's chief competitor, Memorial Press Group.David S. Cutler, a former reporter for "The Patriot Ledger" and son of the publisher of the weekly "Duxbury Clipper", started the "Marshfield Mariner" weekly in 1972 and expanded his holdings to include 17 weekly newspapers—including several startup "Mariner"s—by 1989.