Thomasville Times

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'The Thomasville Times'
Type	Tri-weekly newspaper
Format	Broadsheet

Owner	Paxton Media Group
Editor	Lisa Wall
Founded	1890
Headquarters	512 Turner Street Thomasville, NC 27360 United States

Website: thomasvilletimes.net

For the daily newspaper of Thomasville, Georgia, see Thomasville Times-Enterprise.

Thomasville Times is a tri-weekly newspaper that primarily covers Thomasville, North Carolina, United States and eastern Davidson County. The newspaper, founded as a weekly in 1890, is owned by Paxton Media Group. As of 2002, the newspaper had a circulation of about 6,300 ^[1].

[edit] Overview

The Times can trace its history back to 1890. However, the more recent version dates back to 1958 ^[2].

In 1890, J.F. Westmoreland – the brother of D.S. Westmoreland, founder of Thomasville's first chair factory – began publishing a weekly newspaper. The paper later merged with The Chairtown News to become The News-Times. This paper was later absorbed by The Tribune.

In 1958, The Tribune was purchased by The High Point Enterprise and became The Thomasville Times. It became Thomasville's first daily newspaper. The first editor was Wint Capel.

In 2004, The Times and its parent company were purchased by Paxton Media.