St. Petersburg Times
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- For the newspaper in Russia, please see St. Petersburg Times (Russia).
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Times Publishing Company |
| Founded | 1884 |
| Political allegiance | Liberal |
| Price | Pinellas, West Pasco and West Hernando Counties: Daily: $0.35 Sunday: $1.00 Elsewhere in Bay Area: Daily: $0.25 Sunday: $0.50 Leon County: Daily: $0.50 Sunday: $1.25 |
| Headquarters | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| ISSN | 1563-6291 |
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| Website: St. Petersburg Times | |
The St. Petersburg Times is a daily newspaper based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that serves the larger Tampa Bay area. The Times sells 334,742 papers per day Monday through Saturday, making it the largest paper in Florida and the 23rd largest in the United States. On Sunday it sells 420,251 papers, and the Times estimates about 755,000 people read the daily edition, while on Sundays it is approximately one million. It is published by the Times Publishing Company, which is owned by the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit journalism school in St. Petersburg directly adjacent to the University of South Florida campus in St. Petersburg. It also publishes the tbt*, a free daily which is geared toward active 20-somethings in the Tampa Bay area.
The Times traces its origins to a newspaper started in Dunedin, Florida, in 1884.
Its editorial leanings are generally considered to be liberal, in contrast to its more conservative-leaning competitor, the Tampa Tribune.
It owns naming rights for the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa.
In October 2006, a full partnership was formed between the Times and Bay News 9. The partnership's foundations actually began in 2005, with Bay News 9's political-themed program Political Connections.
In October 2006, the newspaper was completely redesigned, as roughly a dozen new sections were added, the size of the paper was reduced by one and a half (1 1/2) inches, the coloring of the paper was changed to be "more vibrant", and the general news area (Formerly known as "The Times Today") was moved to the left side of the paper and renamed "In the Know"
The newspaper's slogan is "In the know, in the Times".
[edit] References
- Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the United States. Infoplease. Retrieved on 22 July 2005.
- Quick Facts. St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved on 22 July 2005.
[edit] External links
- St. Petersburg Times Official Web Site.
- tbt* A free, daily, tabloid-style newspaper, published by the St. Petersburg Times.
- Bay News 9 a local television partner of the St. Petersburg Times.
