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bottling magnate Russell Arundel) purchased the 165-year-old ''

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). He rapidly expanded his newspaper business, purchasing papers in Annandale, Centreville,

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. In 2008, Times Community Newspapers merged its local newspapers in Centreville, Fairfax City,

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, Herndon, McLean, Reston, and Vienna into a single publication covering all of Fairfax County. This new publication was the ''Fairfax County Times''. In 2009, ''

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'' reported that the ''Loudoun Times-Mirror'' might merge with the ''Fairfax County Times''. The ''Times-Mirror'' furloughed many employees, and consolidated most of its newsroom with the ''Fairfax County Times''. But no merger occurred. On May 26, 2009, Times Community Newspapers sold the ''Fairfax County Times'' to

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co-located its Northern Virginia bureau in the offices of the ''Fairfax Times''. In August 2013,

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purchased the newspaper business of The Washington Post Company for $250 million. The sale included the company's national newspaper, ''

'', as well as the '' Post Express'' daily free newspaper, ''

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, a company owned by Bezos, became the new owner of the ''Fairfax Times'' on September 30, 2013, when the sale closed. In June 2015, Nash Holdings sold the ''Fairfax Times'' to Whip It Media, a locally owned company founded by Richard Whippen, a former general manager of the newspaper.

Awards

In 2012, the ''Fairfax Times'' tied for first place for presentation in the

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awards. The newspaper competed in the category of non-dailies with a circulation greater than 10,000. The association gives points to each newspaper in a wide range of categories, including presentation, art/photos, and multimedia. The ''Gainesville Times'' and ''Fairfax Times'' tied for first place in the presentation category. The ''Loudoun Times-Mirror'' won the competition for combined categories for the second year in a row."Virginia Newspapers Win VPA Sweepstakes Awards." ''Associated Press.'' April 21, 2012.

References

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External links

''Fairfax Times'' official website
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