Warwick Daily Times

Infobox Newspaper
name = Warwick Daily Times


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type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = May 9, 2006
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owners = RISN Operations Inc.
publisher = David R. Dear, Jr.
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headquarters = 1353 Main Street, West Warwick, Rhode Island 02893 USA
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website = [http://www.ricentral.com/ ricentral.com]

The "Warwick Daily Times" is a daily newspaper covering Warwick, Rhode Island, USA, although its offices are in West Warwick. It is owned by RISN Operations Inc.

The "Daily Times" was founded in 2006 as a companion to the "Kent County Daily Times", also based in West Warwick, which covers the other four towns of Kent County, Rhode Island.

History

The Kent County paper was founded in 1892 as the "Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times", switching to its current name in the 1980s."RISN Completes Purchase of Daily Times". "Kent County Daily Times" (W. Warwick, R.I.), February 6, 2007.] In 1999, it was acquired by Journal Register Company. [Grimaldi, Paul. "These Newspapers' Future Lies in Hyper-Local Presence". "Providence Journal", January 31, 2007.]

The Warwick newspaper was launched in May 2006, following the closure of the "Providence Journal" news bureau in Warwick. The "Daily Times" newspapers added 15 new staff members to accommodate the expansion. [Donnis, Ian. [http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid12147.aspx "Newspaper War Erupts in Publisher's Backyard"] . "The Providence Phoenix", May 10, 2006.]

In 2007, a new company, RISN, formed to purchase Journal Register's Rhode Island properties, including the "Daily Times" newspapers.

Sisters and competitors

In its coverage area, "Daily Times" competes with the state's largest daily, the "Providence Journal".

RISN (which stands for Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers) also owns three other daily newspapers in Rhode Island, "The Call" of Woonsocket, "The Times" of Pawtucket and the "Kent County Daily Times", as well as several weekly newspapers. All of these properties were sold for $8.3 million to RISN in early 2007 by Journal Register Company.

References

External links

* [http://www.ricentral.com RICentral.com -- "Times" Website]