The Times (South Africa)

''TimesLIVE'' is a South African online newspaper that started as ''The Times'' daily newspaper. ''The Times'' print version was an offshoot of ''Sunday Times'', to whose subscribers it was delivered gratis; non-subscribers paid R2.50 per edition in the early years. It has been owned by Arena Holdings since November 2019 and is the second-largest news website in South Africa.

Overview

''The Times'' of South Africa was a daily printed newspaper that was delivered free to 137,054 (according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations statistics) ''Sunday Times'' subscribers five days a week. Tabloid in size, it was South Africa's first totally interactive newspaper, published in tandem with the ''TimesLIVE'' website. In ''The Times's'' newsroom, reporters worked alongside multimedia producers and photographers to produce content for the newspaper and the website. ''The Times'' was also available for purchase at a cover price of R4.00 in limited quantities, later at R5.50. The last editor of ''The Times'' was Andrew Trench.

In November 2017, the then owner of ''The Times'', Tiso Blackstar Group, announced its intention to shut down the print version of the paper. It was replaced with a premium digital-only daily edition, ''Times Select'', in early 2018, while ''TimesLIVE'' would continue to supply free content. ''Times Select'' was later renamed ''Sunday Times Daily'' to align it more closely with its print counterpart, the ''Sunday Times'', the biggest Sunday newspaper in South Africa.

The ''TimesLIVE'' website publishes free breaking news, sport, entertainment and more, as well as video, audio and photo stories. It also hosts all ''Times Select'', ''Sunday Times Daily'' and ''TshisaLIVE'' (entertainment and celebrity news) digital content.

In 2019, Arena Holdings acquired all the media assets of Tiso Blackstar for R1.05 billion.

Supplements

*Motor Mania (came out on a Friday)

Former distribution areas (print edition)

Former distribution figures (print edition)

Former readership figures (print edition)

See also

* List of newspapers in South Africa
* See also Arena Holdings website: https://arena.africa/
* See also the owner of Arena Holdings: https://lebashe.com/
* See more on the titles and other media arms of by Arena Holdings: https://arena.africa/industry-sector/
* See contact information for Arena Holdings: https://arena.africa/contact-us/

References

External links

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SAARF

Daily newspapers published in South Africa
Mass media in Johannesburg
Online newspapers published in South Africa
South African news websites

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