The ''Asheville Citizen-Times'' is an American, English language daily

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of Asheville, North Carolina. It was formed in 1991 as a result of a merger of the morning ''Asheville Citizen'' and the afternoon ''Asheville Times''. It is owned by Gannett.

History

Founded in 1870 as a weekly, the ''Citizen'' became a daily newspaper in 1885. Writers

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, O. Henry, both buried in Asheville, and

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, a common visitor to Asheville, frequently could be found in the newsroom in earlier days. In 1930 the ''Citizen'' came under common ownership with the ''Times'', which was first established in 1896 as the ''Asheville Gazette''. The latter paper merged with a short-lived rival, the ''Asheville Evening News'', to form the ''Asheville Gazette-News'' and was renamed ''The Asheville Times'' by new owner Charles A. Webb.Multimedia, Inc. History
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and the press was in the swimming pool. The ''Times'' was in the Jackson Building. The ''Citizen'' had to leave shortly after

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1938 and publisher D. Hiden Ramsey asked Tony Lord to design a new building, which went up in 15 months at 14 O. Henry Avenue and also housed the ''Times''. Charles Webb became president of both papers and the local radio station located on top of the building. In 1954, the ''Citizen-Times'' was purchased by the Greenville News-Piedmont Company. In 1968 Greenville News-Piedmont merged with Southern Broadcasting Corporation to form

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. In 1986, $12 million was invested in offset

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es and a new production building in nearby

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, with composed pages transmitted electronically from the downtown Asheville building located nine miles (14 km) away. In 1995, Multimedia was acquired by Gannett.Gannett, Multimedia announce merger agreement
In April 1997, the ''Citizen-Times'' became the first daily newspaper in Western North Carolina to launch a

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; the site now receives tens of thousands of hits a day. In Jan 2009, the press was shut down and shortly after sold off as scrap metal. Now the ''Citizen-Times'' is printed in Greenville, South Carolina, alongside ''

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'' and shipped to a distribution center.

References

External links

''Citizen-Times'' official siteOfficial mobile website

''Asheville Citizen-Times'' article on AshevilleNow.com

Other Newspapers and Publications in Asheville
*Issues of the ''Asheville Citizen'' fro
1885-1889
and fro
1890-1900
from the Library of Congress. {{Portal bar, United States, Journalism Mass media in Asheville, North Carolina Gannett publications Daily newspapers published in North Carolina 1870 establishments in North Carolina

History

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