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The South Florida Times is a weekly newspaper covering the Black community in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties in the southern part of the U.S. state of Florida. [1] It publishes on Fridays, with a circulation of about 35,000. [2] Robert G. Beatty acquired the paper, then known as the Broward Times, in 2007; the name was changed several months later, along with plans to expand to neighboring counties. [1] [3] [4] Beatty had a background as legal counsel to the Miami Herald, and has been a featured speaker at local business functions. [5] Bradley Bennett, who served as executive editor, also had a background with the Herald. [6] The paper's stated mission includes in-depth analysis of worldwide events relating to the African diaspora, and making connections to its local community. [1] The paper has partnered with the Miami Herald . The Times' reporting has been picked up by the Herald, [7] [8] and has been referenced in the Herald's own reporting. [9] [10] [11] As of 2010, a journalism professor at the Florida International University partnered with the Times, assigning his students to investigate and report stories for the paper. [12]

Keith Clayborne founded the Broward Times in 1990. [13] It was seen as the voice of younger, educated, "up-and-coming" voices in the local Black community, largely from the Caribbean, as opposed to the older veterans of the civil rights era. [14] In 2000 the paper formed an editorial partnership with the Sun-Sentinel . [13] Clayborne hired a new editor, Utrice Leid, in 2004, in an effort to take the paper "to the next level." [15] At the time, the paper had a circulation of 24,000; hiring Leid reflected an effort to overcome a reputation for over-using unnamed sources. Clayborne, who did not have a background in journalism, had stepped away from his editing duties to run for political office. [15] He was later sued for libel by his opponent, Alcee Hastings. [16]

A publication called the South Florida Times, a monthly 4-color glossy magazine, was founded by Audrey S. Diamond, who was given a lifetime achievement award in 2003. (Unclear whether there is any relation between these publications.) [10] There was also a Democratic publication of the same name in the late 19th century. [17] [18] [19] There was also an earlier paper called the Broward Times in the 1980s. [20]

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  3. ↑ "Broward Times now South Florida Times." The Miami Herald, 20 December 2007, p. 506.
  4. ↑ Cordle, Ina Paiva. "Former Miami Herald counsel Robert Beatty has bought the Broward Times, and he plans to expand." The Miami Herald, 26 April 2007, p. 399. See also p. 403.
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  7. ↑ Jones, Elgin. "City official leaves amid 'sexting' scandal." The Miami Herald, 21 February 2010, p. 218.
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  12. ↑ Fitzgerald, Mark. "A 'Liberating' experience." Editor & Publisher, April 2010, pp. 7–8.
  13. 1 2 "Broward papers plan to collaborate." South Florida Sun Sentinel, 9 August 2000, p. 43.
  14. ↑ Nevins, Buddy. "Cardiologist lends fund-raising skills to Dole presidential bid." South Florida Sun Sentinel, 9 April 1995, p. 4B.
  15. 1 2 McNeal, Natalie P. "Black paper getting upgrade." The Miami Herald, 7 March 2004, p. 708. See also p. 717.
  16. ↑ "U.S. Rep. Hastings suing foe he beat." The Miami Herald, 9 September 2004, p. 392.
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