The ''Kingsport Times News'' is a daily
broadsheet
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newspaper
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published in
Kingsport, Tennessee
Kingsport is a city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 55,442. Lying along the Holston River, Kingsport is commonly included in what is known as the Mountain Empire, w ...
, and distributed in six counties in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
The Times News is published by Six Rivers Media, LLC., which publishes one other daily and three weeklies in Northeast Tennessee.
The production facility for all Six Rivers Media products is located at the ''Times News''.
The ''Kingsport Times News'' has won Tennessee State Press awards for reporting, editorial writing, photography and design.
History
''The Kingsport Times''
The first edition of the ''Kingsport Times'' was first published on April 27, 1916.
''The Kingsport Times News''
The newspaper became the ''Kingsport Times News'' in 1944.
See also
*
List of newspapers in Tennessee
This is a list of newspapers in Tennessee, United States.
Daily and nondaily newspapers
Defunct
See also
* Tennessee media
** List of radio stations in Tennessee
** List of television stations in Tennessee
** Media of cities in Tennessee: Ch ...
References
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External links
''Kingsport Times News'' online''Six Rivers Media''
Daily newspapers published in the United States
Kingsport, Tennessee
Newspapers published in Tennessee
Publications established in 1916