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The TimesLedger Newspapers is a chain of paid circulation weekly newspapers covering news, sports and events of concern to residents of the borough of
Queens, New York Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long I ...
. The company's flagship paper is the ''Bayside Times'', which was founded in 1935 as the paper of record for
Bayside, New York Bayside is a neighborhood in the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Queens. It is bounded by Whitestone, Queens, Whitestone to the northwest, the Long Island Sound and Little Neck Bay to the northeast, Douglaston, Queens, Douglasto ...
, where its offices are presently based. The newspapers are owned by
Schneps Media Schneps Media is a 1985-founded media company "that began with The Queens Courier." They own and operate both AM New York Metro, print and online news services. ''The New York Times'' wrote in 2019 that ''Schneps'' publishes "more than 50 newspa ...
.


History

''Schneps Media'' was founded in 1985.
NewsCorp News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp.), also variously known as News Corporation Limited, was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New ...
acquired the TimesLedger in 2008. In 2014, News Corp sold its Community Newspaper Group to Les Goodstein, the former company executive, and to his wife Jennifer. Schneps Media acquired Community News Group in September 2018. Editions currently published by the paper include the ''Bayside Times'' and the ''Flushing Times'', which cover northeast Queens, and the ''TimesLedger'', which covers western and southern Queens. ''TimesLedger'' won six
New York Press ''New York Press'' was a free alternative weekly in New York City, which was published from 1988 to 2011. The ''Press'' strove to create a rivalry with the ''Village Voice''. ''Press'' editors claimed to have tried to hire away writer Nat Hento ...
Awards in 2009 and 13
New York Press Association The New York Press Association (NYPA) is a member organization of newspapers in New York State. The NYPA provides editorial assistance, advice and counsel to its 800 member newspapers, advocates for best journalism practices, provides a libel h ...
Awards in 2010.


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* Newspaper companies of the United States Companies based in Queens, New York Newspapers published in Queens, New York {{NewYork-newspaper-stub