| Type | Online newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Bradenton Times, Inc. |
| Publisher | Joe McClash |
| Editor | Dennis Maley |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | 405 26 Avenue West Bradenton, Florida 34205 United States Phone: 941-896-7857 Fax: 941-749-1505 |
| ISSN | 2155-2495 |
| Official website | The Bradenton Times |
The Bradenton Times is an on-line-only newspaper founded and continuously published on the Internet from Bradenton, Florida. It is a web news and community resource site for Bradenton and Manatee County designed to supply broad coverage of information about the community as well as current local, regional, state, and national news.[1]
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Founded to become more than an on-line newspaper, the primary goal and distinctive characteristic of The Bradenton Times is being a community voice, by providing readers the opportunity to comment on news articles, submit local photographs, create their own news articles, participate in polls, and provide article-related forums directly on the site. Readership among residents of Sarasota county has extended the newspaper's scope as well. The publication has begun to register more than 100,000 unique views a month and its readership continues to grow.
Dennis Maley is the editor of The Bradenton Times. Before joining the paper he was a freelance writer and regular contributor to Creative Loafing, a regional magazine. Maley also wrote a regular column for Boxing World magazine and has been a featured writer in many health and fitness publications. A graduate of Shippensburg University, Maley's background also includes extensive work in broadcast television, including a stint as a boxing analyst with Five Star Sports, a syndicated cable program.
Before making a transition to journalism, Maley was a professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a dozen championships, including capturing the Golden Gloves three times. Maley is a former captain in the United States Army and was a member of the Army World Class Athlete Program at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He retired from boxing in 2002 after a career-ending shoulder injury.
The newspaper was founded and is published by Joe McClash, who has served as a commissioner for Manatee County since 1990, [2] and is the owner of McClash Rentals, Inc. as well as The Bradenton Times, Inc. He founded TBT in 2008 to provide a "one stop" location for all community information and local news.
He served the United States Marine Corps from 1975–1979 and at the age of twenty-four, he became the owner of McClash Heating & Cooling, continuing the business from 1982-2002. Active in community government and affairs, McClash also has served his community as chair or in another official position of Manatee County Port Authority, Manatee County Civic Center Authority, West Coast Inland Navigation District, Environmental Action Commission, Tourist Development Council, and the Sarasota and Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization.[3] He has participated in many other organizations in the community such as, CEO Roundtable, Tampa Bay National Estuary Program, Manatee Chamber of Commerce Joint Planning Committee, ITS Program, and the Bradenton Yacht Club.
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