The Times of Northwest Indiana

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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet

Owner Lee Enterprises
Publisher Kevin Mowbray
Editor William Nangle
Founded 1906
Political allegiance unknown
Price USD 0.50 Everywhere
Headquarters Munster, Indiana

Website: www.nwitimes.com

The Times of Northwest Indiana is a daily newspaper headquartered in Munster, Indiana. The Times is the second largest of Indiana's 76 daily newspapers, The Indianapolis Star being the largest.

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[edit] History

The paper was founded on June 18, 1906 as "The Lake County Times." It's founder, Simon McHie, was a native of a small town along the Niagara River in Canada. In 1933 the name was changed to The Hammond Times and it became an afternoon paper serving Hammond, Whiting, and East Chicago. In May 1962, the McHie family sold the publication to Robert S. Howard. The paper expanded in 1967 and was rebranded The Times. Offices were moved to Munster in 1989 and the paper began morning delivery and started printing slightly different editions based on distribution region. The paper was bought in April 2002 by Lee Enterprises.

[edit] Distribution

The Times is prints different distributions based on delivery region.

The four news regions, each with its own office, are:

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