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''The Times'' is an American
All Pawtucket, All the Time
', publishing a free weekly print edition. RISN (which stands for Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers) also owns two other daily newspapers in Rhode Island, '' The Call'' of Woonsocket (which shares a publisher with ''The Times'') and the ''
''The Times'' Website
Newspapers published in Rhode Island Daily newspapers published in the United States Pawtucket, Rhode Island Companies based in Providence County, Rhode Island RISN Operations Publishing companies established in 1885 1885 establishments in Rhode Island {{US-media-company-stub
''The Times'' is an American daily newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
published Mondays through Saturdays in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 75,604 at the 2020 census, making the city the fourth-largest in the state. Pawtucket borders Providence and East Providence to the south, Central Falls ...
, covering eastern Providence County, Rhode Island, and some adjacent towns in Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
. It is owned by RISN Operations Inc.
History
The Pawtucket newspaper was founded as an afternoon daily, ''The Evening Times'', in 1885, by George O. Willard. Five years later, David O. Black bought the paper, and became the first of four generations to keep it in his family. Black commissioned a new building for the newspaper at 23 Exchange street. ''The Times'' has been published in this building since 1896. It was sold in December 1957 to New England Newspapers Inc., a forerunner ofIngersoll Publications
21st Century Media was an American media company. It was the successor of Ingersoll Publications and Journal Register Company, and it was succeeded by Digital First Media.
The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 comm ...
, which later acquired the competitor '' The Call'' of Woonsocket. Journal Register Company
21st Century Media was an American media company. It was the successor of Ingersoll Publications and Journal Register Company, and it was succeeded by Digital First Media.
The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 comm ...
bought Ingersoll in 1989.
In 2007, a new company, RISN, formed to purchase Journal Register's Rhode Island properties, including ''The Times''."The Times Completes Sale". ''The Times'' (Pawtucket, R.I.), February 5, 2007.
Sisters and competitors
In its coverage area, ''The Times'' competes with the state's largest daily, the '' Providence Journal'', and The Valley Breeze Pawtucket edition. It also competes in nearby Massachusetts towns with the ''Milford Daily News
''The Milford Daily News'' is an American daily newspaper covering Milford, Massachusetts, and several nearby towns in Norfolk and Worcester counties.
The newspaper is managed and printed by '' The MetroWest Daily News''. Both are owned by Gan ...
''. In 2008, former Times journalist Douglas Haddon co-founded All Pawtucket, All the Time
', publishing a free weekly print edition. RISN (which stands for Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers) also owns two other daily newspapers in Rhode Island, '' The Call'' of Woonsocket (which shares a publisher with ''The Times'') and the ''
Kent County Daily Times
The ''Kent County Daily Times'' is a six-day (Monday through Saturday) evening daily newspaper based in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, covering central and western Kent County, Rhode Island. It is owned by RISN Operations Inc.
Towns i ...
'' of West Warwick
West Warwick is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 31,012 at the 2020 census.
West Warwick was incorporated in 1913, making it the youngest town in the state. Prior to 1913, the town, situated on the wester ...
, as well as several weekly newspaper
A weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly new ...
s. All of these properties were sold for $8.3 million to RISN in early 2007 by Journal Register Company
21st Century Media was an American media company. It was the successor of Ingersoll Publications and Journal Register Company, and it was succeeded by Digital First Media.
The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 comm ...
."RISN Completes Purchase of Daily Times". ''Kent County Daily Times'' (W. Warwick, R.I.), February 6, 2007.
See also
*Pawtucket Times Building
The Pawtucket Times Building is a historic building at 23 Exchange Street in the Downtown Pawtucket Historic District, historic central business district of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It was formerly the home of the ''The Times (Pawtucket), Pawtucke ...
References
External links
''The Times'' Website
Newspapers published in Rhode Island Daily newspapers published in the United States Pawtucket, Rhode Island Companies based in Providence County, Rhode Island RISN Operations Publishing companies established in 1885 1885 establishments in Rhode Island {{US-media-company-stub