The ''Kent County Daily Times'' is a six-day (Monday through Saturday) evening

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based in

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, United States, covering central and western

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. It is owned by

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Inc. Towns in the ''Daily Times''' coverage area include

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, East Greenwich,

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and

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, all suburbs or rural towns southwest of

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History

The Kent County paper was founded in 1892 as the ''Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times''. The paper made its debut on July 20 of that year under the direction of Frank Harvey Campbell. Irving Pearce Hudson, a prominent Rhode Island Republican, and his business partner, Charles Burlingham, bought the paper in July 1907. Hudson died on February 24, 1949, at which time his widow, Thirza, took over as president and had her four daughters — Dorothy I. Havens, Lucy M.H. Potter, Marion T. Goddard, and Thirza H. Chettle — as her board of directors. Upon her death on July 18, 1961, Thirza left her estate, including the Daily Times, in equal shares to her daughters, who then elected Dorothy Havens president. The paper was sold to PVT Corporation, headed by Theodore Holmberg, on April 30, 1975. The paper became known by its current name in the 1980s."RISN Completes Purchase of Daily Times". ''Kent County Daily Times'' (W. Warwick, R.I.), February 6, 2007. In 1999, it was acquired by

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.Grimaldi, Paul. "These Newspapers' Future Lies in Hyper-Local Presence". ''Providence Journal'', January 31, 2007. The newspaper increased its staff and expanded to four sections in 2006, also launching the ''Warwick Daily Times'' and relaunching its Website. In 2007, a new company, RISN, formed to purchase Journal Register's Rhode Island properties, including the ''Daily Times'' newspapers. Shortly after the sale, the newspaper decreased its staff and was reduced to two eight-page sections. By July 26, 2007, the last edition of the ''Warwick Daily Times'' was published.

Sisters and competitors

In its coverage area, ''Kent County Daily Times'' competes with the state's largest daily, the ''

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'', as well as several weeklies. RISN (which stands for Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers) also owns two other daily newspapers in Rhode Island, '' The Call'' of

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and ''

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'' of Pawtucket, as well as several

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s. All of these properties were sold for $8.3 million to RISN in early 2007 by

References

External links

RICentral.com -- ''Times'' Website
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