The Gadsden Times

Infobox Newspaper
name = The Gadsden Times


caption = "The Gadsden Times", September 2, 2008
type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1866
ceased publication =
price = $0.50 (daily) $1.25 (Sunday)
owners = New York Times Company
publisher = Roger Quinn
editor = Ron Reaves
circulation = 19,400 Daily
20,600 Sunday
headquarters = 401 Locust Street
flagicon|AlabamaGadsden, Alabama 35902
ISSN =
website = [http://www.gadsdentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage "The Gadsden Times"]

" The Gadsden Times " is a daily newspaper serving Gadsden, Alabama, and the surrounding area in northeastern Alabama.

The newspaper is a member of the New York Times Regional Media Group, a subsidiary of the New York Times Company, [ [http://www.cjr.org/resources/ "Columbia Journalism Review Resources: Who Owns What"] ] through the corporate entity of NYT Holdings, Inc., an Alabama corporation. [ [http://www.nytco.com/pdf/annual_2007/2007NYTannual.pdf New York Times Company, Securities and Exchange Commission 2007 Form 10K, February 26, 2008, p. 104] ] The New York Times Company acquired the "Times" in 1985 from the Public Welfare Foundation, a charitable entity. ["Times Co. In Pact for 3 Dailies," "The New York Times", January 15, 1985, p. D21] The "Times" had been donated to that foundation by its owner Edward Marsh, along with other newspapers he owned, before his death in 1964. [PR Newswire, January 14, 1985] The "Times" has twelve-month average circulation of 19,400 daily and 20,600 Sunday. [ [http://www.nytco.com/company/business_units/regional_media_group.html New York Times Company Business Units] ] Of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the "Times" has the ninth highest daily circulation. [ [http://www.alabamapress.org/uploads/ratesheet08.pdf Alabama Press Association: 2008 Ratesheet] ]

The "Times" has received several awards over the years from area journalistic groups, such as the Alabama Press Association, the Alabama Sports Writers Association, and the Alabama Associated Press Managing Editors. ["Alabama APME Contest Winners," "Mobile Press-Register", May 4, 2008, p. B2 ] ["News Wins Awards," "The Birmingham News", June 26, 2000, p. 1D] ["The News Wins Award for Child Abuse Series," "The Birmingham News", May 18, 1997, p. 16A]

The "Times" website provides local news coverage, as well as local forum and lifestyle pages. In addition to its editorial offices in Gadsden, the "Times" maintains a state capital bureau in Montgomery. [ [http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/99999999/MISC/246409156&template=art_plain "The Gadsden Times": Staff Listing] ]

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*" [http://www.gadsdentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage Official site] "