{{Short description|Newspaper in Ohio, United States}} {{COI|date=December 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Chagrin Valley Times | image = Chagrin Valley Times logo.png | caption = Chagrin Valley Times logo. | type = Weekly newspaper | publisher = H. Kenneth Douthit | founded = 1971 | headquarters = 525 E. Washington St. Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022 | website = {{URL|chagrinvalleytoday.com}} }} The '''''Chagrin Valley Times''''' is a Northeast Ohio weekly newspaper covering the eastern suburbs of Cleveland in Cuyahoga and Geauga counties. The newspaper is published every Thursday and was founded in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Chagrin Valley Times (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) 1971-Current|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn79007402/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Library of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|publisher=National Endowment for the Humanities|title=The Chagrin Valley Times|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn79007402/|access-date=2021-12-18|issn=0194-3685}}</ref> It is produced in the village of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chagrin Valley Publishing Co|url=https://businessfinder.cleveland.com/chagrin-valley-publishing-co-chagrin-falls-oh-1.html|access-date=2021-12-18|website=businessfinder.cleveland.com|language=en}}</ref>
== Politics == On August 16, 2018, the ''Chagrin Valley Times'' was part of a campaign launched by the ''Boston Globe'' in which 350 newspapers addressed the repeated attacks on American news media by Donald Trump. CNN Money named the ''Chagrin Valley Times'' as one of the "16 must-read editorials" of the campaign.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Kludt|first=Tom|date=2018-08-16|title='We are not the enemy': 16 must-read editorials that capture the spirit of a free press|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/16/media/free-press-trump-editorials/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816182113/https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/16/media/free-press-trump-editorials/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 16, 2018|access-date=2021-12-09|website=CNNMoney}}</ref>
== Legal == In 2013, Murray Energy Company sued The Chagrin Valley Times for defamation of Robert Murray after the paper ran an article covering a protest at the company's Pepper Pike offices.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=Cain|first=Brenda|date=2015-07-09|title=Ohio Supreme Court rejects Murray Energy's defamation appeal|url=https://www.cleveland.com/chagrin-valley/2015/07/ohio_supreme_court_rejects_app.html|access-date=2021-12-09|website=cleveland|language=en}}</ref> The protest took place as a result of Murray firing 158 employees the day after President Barack Obama was re-elected in the 2012 Election. In addition to negative coverage of Murray, Ron Hill, cartoonist for the ''Chagrin Valley Times'', published a cartoon of a snowman made out of lumps of coal, holding a sack of money in each of his hands. Hill included lyrics to "Frosty the Snowman", with a parody on the words that read "Murray the coal-man meant to hoard away his pay."<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|last=Greiner|first=Jack|title=Court: Laws need to discourage free speech litigation|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2015/03/07/robert-murray-owns-murray-energy-coal-corp-strictly-legal/24502471/|access-date=2021-12-09|website=The Enquirer|language=en-US}}</ref>
The lower court ruled that Robert Murray was a public figure and that the newspaper had not demonstrated the standard for defamation of a public figure.<ref name=":12" /> In 2019, an appeal was filed with the Ohio Supreme Court, which voted 4-3, allowing the lower court ruling to stand.<ref name=":12" />
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== External links == * [https://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com ChagrinValleyToday.com]
Category:Newspapers published in Ohio Category:Newspapers established in 1971 Category:1971 establishments in Ohio Category:Greater Cleveland Category:Weekly newspapers published in the United States