# TimesDaily

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{{Short description|American newspaper from Florence, Alabama}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox newspaper
| name         = TimesDaily
| image        =
| caption      = <small>The ''TimesDaily''<br />August 14, 2018</small>
| type         = [Daily newspaper](/source/Daily_newspaper)
| format       = [Broadsheet](/source/Broadsheet)
| owners       = Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc.
| founded      = 1890
| headquarters = 219 W. Tennessee Street<br />Florence, Alabama 35630<br />United States
| editor       = Gary Maitland
| publisher    = Darrell Sandlin
| circulation  = 28,900 (daily)<br />30,500 (Sunday)
| website      = {{URL|timesdaily.com}}
| issn         = 2998-3657
| oclc         = 964829746
}}

The '''''TimesDaily''''' is a [daily newspaper](/source/daily_newspaper) published in [Florence, Alabama](/source/Florence%2C_Alabama). It covers a four-county region in Alabama, including [Lauderdale](/source/Lauderdale_County%2C_Alabama), [Colbert](/source/Colbert_County%2C_Alabama), [Franklin](/source/Franklin_County%2C_Alabama), and [Lawrence](/source/Lawrence_County%2C_Alabama) counties, as well as parts of southern [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee) and northeast [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi). In addition to its editorial offices in Florence, the ''TimesDaily'' maintains a state capital bureau in [Montgomery](/source/Montgomery%2C_Alabama).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=ABOUT01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061119131855/http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=ABOUT01 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-11-19 |work=The TimesDaily |title=Staff listing}}</ref>

The newspaper is owned by the Tennessee Valley Printing Co., which also publishes ''[The Decatur Daily](/source/The_Decatur_Daily)''. The ''TimesDaily'' has a twelve-month average circulation of 28,900 for daily editions and 30,500 for Sunday editions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytco.com/company/business_units/regional_media_group.html |publisher=New York Times Company |title=Business Units |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324051819/http://www.nytco.com/company/business_units/regional_media_group.html |archive-date=March 24, 2008 }}</ref> Of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the ''TimesDaily'' has the seventh-highest daily circulation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alabamapress.org/uploads/ratesheet08.pdf |publisher=Alabama Press Association |title=2008 ratesheet |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625002318/http://www.alabamapress.org/uploads/ratesheet08.pdf |archive-date=June 25, 2008 }}</ref>

The ''TimesDaily'' was founded in 1889 as '''''The Florence Times''''', publishing its first edition on July 4, 1890. A sister paper, ''The Tri-Cities Daily'', was founded in 1907.<ref name="sale1"/> The two newspapers merged in 1967,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85044994/|title=The Times + tri-cities daily.|work=Chronicling America|access-date=2018-06-02|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref> and were published for a time as ''The Florence Times—Tri-Cities Daily'', which led to the current name ''TimesDaily''. 

In 1972, the ''TimesDaily'' was acquired by Worrell Newspapers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p3A0AAAAIBAJ&pg=1536,1847211 |title=Newspaper had early start |newspaper=TimesDaily |date=May 14, 2006 |via=[Google News](/source/Google_News)}}</ref> In 1982, [The New York Times Company](/source/The_New_York_Times_Company) acquired eight daily newspapers, including the ''TimesDaily'', from Worrell.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z15BAAAAIBAJ&pg=2267,769900 |title=N.Y. Times Company Is Acquiring The Enterprise, Other Newspapers |newspaper=Harlan Daily Enterprise |date=September 16, 1982 |via=[Google News](/source/Google_News)}}</ref> The Tennessee Valley Printing Co. purchased the ''TimesDaily'' from the New York Times Regional Media Group in March 2009.<ref name="sale1">{{cite news |first=Matt |last=McKean |url=http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090325/ARTICLES/903255029 |title=NYT sells TimesDaily |work=TimesDaily |date=March 25, 2009 |access-date=June 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327081717/http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090325/ARTICLES/903255029 |archive-date=March 27, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links==
{{Portal|United States|Journalism}}
* {{official website|http://www.timesdaily.com/}}
* {{Newseum front page|AL_TD}}

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Category:Newspapers published in Alabama
Category:Newspapers established in 1890
Category:Daily newspapers published in the United States
Category:Florence, Alabama
Category:1890 establishments in Alabama

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