Times Publishing Company is a newspaper and magazine publisher. Its

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publication is the ''

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'' (formerly the ''St. Petersburg Times''), a daily

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serving the

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. It also publishes the business magazine ''

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'' and the daily newspaper ''tbt*''. Times Publishing Company is based in

St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the second-largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, after Tampa. It is the ...

, and is owned by the

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, a nonprofit

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in St. Petersburg. The current chairman and CEO of Times Publishing Company is

Paul Tash Paul C. Tash (born circa 1954) is the chairman and CEO of the ''Tampa Bay Times'' and Times Publishing Company, which used to publish ''Congressional Quarterly''—a publication that was sold to the Economist Group in 2009. He began working for th ...

, who also serves as editor of the ''Tampa Bay Times''. On January 1, 2012, the ''St. Petersburg Times'' was renamed the ''Tampa Bay Times'', with ''tbt*'' (which was an acronym for "Tampa Bay Times") only referred to by that name.

Properties

The Times Publishing Company owns several other publications, most of which are co-branded with the ''Tampa Bay Times''. * ''tampabay.com'' is the online presence of the ''Times''. Articles are free to view. Subscribers to the printed or electronic editions of the ''Times'' have access to a digital edition of the ''Times'' that resembles the layout of the printed paper. * ''Bay'' is an upscale magazine distributed to subscribers in select neighborhoods of the Tampa Bay area in their Sunday Editions of the ''Tampa Bay Times'' and published six times a year. It began publication in 2008. * ''

'' is a business-oriented news publication. It describes itself as "the respected source of insight for Florida's leaders — business executives, top government officials, and civic trend-setters". Its monthly print readership is 150,000. * ''Tampa Bay Newspapers'' are weekly papers that serve local communities in central Pinellas County. They include the ''Beach Beacon'', ''Belleair Bee'', ''Clearwater Beacon'', ''Dunedin Beacon'', ''Largo Leader'', ''Seminole Beacon'', and ''Pinellas Park Beacon'', as well as ''TBN Weekly Online'' and a digital edition. Tampa Bay Newspapers' general office is located in

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. Their combined circulation is 143,000. * ''tbt*'' is a free weekday tabloid that is marketed to "mainly 25- to 39-year-olds" in the Tampa Bay area. A large proportion of its content is about social events. Its daily circulation is approximately 80,000. * ''tb-two*'' is a weekly tabloid written by high school students in the Tampa Bay area in collaboration with the editors of ''tbt*'' and the ''Times''. It began publication in 2009. It is released every Thursday with a circulation of around 60,000 weekly. * ''Senior Living Guide'' is a directory of housing, home care, and medical care services for seniors. It reaches 500,000 readers. * ''Times Events'' are exhibitions around the Tampa Bay area presented by the ''Times''. They include home shows and job fairs. * '' PolitiFact'' is an online journalistic undertaking that ferrets out the truth in American politics. It won the Pulitzer for national reporting in 2009. The ''Times'' owned and published an evening newspaper, the ''

Evening Independent The ''Evening Independent'' was St. Petersburg, Florida's first daily newspaper. The sister evening newspaper of the ''St. Petersburg Times'', it was launched as a weekly newspaper in March 1906 under the ownership of Willis B. Powell. In Novem ...

'', from 1962 until its closure in 1986. Issues of the ''Evening Independent'' are available for viewing on Google News Archive. On May 3, 2016, the Times Publishing Company announced the purchase of the Times' competing newspaper, ''

The Tampa Tribune ''The Tampa Tribune'' was a daily newspaper published in Tampa, Florida. Along with the competing ''Tampa Bay Times'', the ''Tampa Tribune'' was one of two major newspapers published in the Tampa Bay area. The newspaper also published a ''St. Pe ...

'', from Revolution Capital Group, saying it intends to create one financially secure, locally owned daily newspaper in the Tampa Bay region.Tampa Bay Times:" Tampa Bay Times purchases Tampa Tribune" May 3, 2016.
The Times ended publication of the Tribune on that day. The Times' acquisition of the Tribune also includes the following publications, which will continue publishing: * ''

Highlands Today ''Highlands Today'' was a newspaper published in Sebring, Florida. It was associated with the ''Tampa Bay Times''; Copies of the Times distributed in Highlands County, Florida included the supplement, which focuses on issues relevant to Sebring, A ...

'', a daily newspaper serving

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, previously issued as a supplement of the Tribune. * ''The Suncoast News'', a chain of weekly neighborhood newspapers in Pasco and northern Pinellas Counties. * ''Centro'', a weekly Spanish-language newspaper. ''

'' was sold and closed later in 2016.

References

External links

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tampabay.com

''tbt*''

''Florida Trend''
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