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in the greater

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, area for 79 years. It was published as an afternoon daily counterpart to the morning '' Democrat and Chronicle'' under the ownership of Gannett when it ceased operations in 1997. In that year the paper merged with the ''Democrat and Chronicle'', with which it had shared a staff since 1992. The ''Rochester Advertiser'' began in 1826 with publisher

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. It was acquired by the ''Rochester Union'' which was bought by

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. In 1918 Gannett merged it with ''Evening Times'' to form the ''Times-Union''. Ten years later Gannett purchased the 100-year-old ''Democrat and Chronicle'', the paper with which the ''Times-Union'' ultimately merged in 1997. By 1963, the newspaper was known as just ''The Times-Union''. The ''Times-Union,'' for most of its existence from 1928 until 1997, was based out of the

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at 55 Exchange Boulevard which was also the headquarters for Gannett and

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until 1985. The building, although it was later shared with the sister ''Democrat and Chronicle'' who moved into the building in 1959, was originally built for Gannett and the ''Times-Union'' and still features an interlocking ''TU'' over the front door.

Awards

The paper won a Pulitzer Prize for covering the 1971 Attica Prison riots.

References

{{Gannett Defunct newspapers published in New York (state) Newspapers published in Rochester, New York Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers 1918 establishments in New York (state) 1997 disestablishments in New York (state) Daily newspapers published in New York (state)