Times Community Media

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Times Community Media
TypeWeekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
PublisherArthur W. Arundel
Language English
Headquarters Herndon, Virginia, Virginia
Website www.timescommunity.com

Times Community Media (TCM) is a group of contiguous weeklies in Northern Virginia, United States, and the Piedmont, United States.

Based in Herndon, Virginia, [1] the newspaper group provides local news in the Virginia suburbs outside Washington, D.C. With more than 200 years of local newspaper history[ clarification needed ], the company grew by focusing on local news. As of 2008, the Times Community Newspapers 240,000 households in Northern Virginia. [2] TCM is a co-owner of the Washington Suburban Press Network, which is also a group of regional community newspapers. [3] [4]

In 1962, the company was founded by Arthur W. Arundel. Arundel purchased the 165-year-old Loudoun Times-Mirror in Leesburg in 1963. [5] The company has grown ever since, and now owns the following newspapers:

References

  1. "Virginia". Richmond Times . 2005-12-17. Retrieved 2009-10-15.[ dead link ]
  2. Plumb, Tierney (2008-09-11). "Newspaper group launches Fairfax County Times". American City Business Journals . Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  3. Clabaugh, Jeff (2002-07-05). "Community papers ready to print off-site". American City Business Journals . Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  4. Klimkiewicz, Beata (2010-05-10). Media Freedom and Pluralism: Media Policy Challenges in the Enlarged Europe. Central European University Press. ISBN   978-615-5211-85-0.
  5. Lohr, Greg A. (2001-05-04). "Times Community founder scales back publisher role". American City Business Journals . Retrieved 2009-10-15.