The Times of Northwest Indiana

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The September 12, 2021 front page of The Times
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Lee Enterprises
PublisherChris White
EditorJoe Hosey
Founded1906
Headquarters601 45th Ave.
Munster, IN 46321
United States
Circulation 42,413 Daily
43,416 Sunday(as of 2023) [1]
OCLC number 42819936
Website nwitimes.com

The Times of Northwest Indiana (NWI) is a daily newspaper headquartered in Munster, Indiana. It is the second-largest newspaper in Indiana, behind only The Indianapolis Star .

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History

The paper was founded on June 18, 1906, as The Lake County Times. Its founder, Simon McHie, was a native of a small town along the Niagara River in Canada. In 1933, the name was changed to The Hammond Times, and it became an afternoon paper serving Hammond, Whiting, and East Chicago. In May 1962, the McHie family sold the publication to Robert S. Howard of Howard Publications. [2] The paper expanded to all of northwest Indiana in 1967 and dropped Hammond from its masthead to become simply The Times. Offices were moved to Munster in 1989, and the paper began morning delivery and began printing different editions based on distribution region. The Howard papers were bought in April 2002 by Lee Enterprises. [3]

Distribution

The Times prints different editions based on delivery region. The three major news regions are:

The Times' main office is located in Munster. There are bureau offices in Valparaiso and Indianapolis.

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References

  1. Lee Enterprises. "Form 10-K". investors.lee.net. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  2. "The Times: 75 Years of Progress" . The Times. Munster, Indiana. 21 June 1981. p. BB-3 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Bergen, Kathy (12 February 2002). "Lee Enterprises to add 16 papers". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 January 2023.