Tampa Times
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Tampa Publishing Company |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Ceased publication | 1982 |
TheTampa Times,orTampa Daily Times,was a daily newspaper founded inTampa, Florida,in 1893. It was started by the consolidation of two newspapers by the Tampa Publishing Company, whose vice president wasW. B. Henderson,a leading businessperson in Tampa.D.B. McKaywas the publisher.[1]
The newspaper was an early leader in broadcasting, first puttingWDAE1250 AMon the air in 1922 (now on620 AM).[2]Then in 1947, an FM station was added, WDAE-FM 105.7 (nowWMTX100.7 FM). Also in the late 1940s, the company applied for a broadcast television station license and was denied.
In 1952, theTampa Timeswas acquired by its rival daily newspaper, theTampa Tribune,which had a television station.[3][4]
TheTampa Tribunecontinued printing theTampa Timesfor a number of decades,[3]maintaining the "Times" moniker in competition with theSt. Petersburg Times,another newspaper in theTampa Bay area.
After theTampa Tribunestopped publishing itsTampa Timesedition in 1982, it continued to hold the rights on the name, leading to a lawsuit filed byMedia General,owner of theTampa Tribune,against theSt. Petersburg Times.[5]The two companies reached an agreement in 2006, by which the Media General keep its exclusive right to use ofTampa Timesfor another five years; the window expired in 2011, and on January 1, 2012, theSt. Petersburg Timeswas renamed theTampa Bay Times.[5]
In 2016, theTampa Bay Timesbought theTampa Tribune,effectively consolidating the history of the original 1893Tampa Timesinto its present-day namesake.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"The Tampa daily times".Library of Congress.
- ^InformationfromBroadcasting Yearbook1950 page 115
- ^abSolomon, Josh (2018-04-04)."50 years: A newspaper history of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr".Tampa Bay Times.Retrieved2020-08-28.
- ^Monopoly, United States Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust and (5 January 1968)."The Failing Newspaper Act: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First [and Second] Session[s], on S. 1312..."U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^abDeggans, Eric (2011-10-31)."The St. Petersburg Times will become the Tampa Bay Times on Jan. 1".St. Petersburg Times.Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-08.Retrieved2020-08-28.
- ^Yu, Roger (2016-05-03)."'Tampa Bay Times' buys, shuts down rival 'Tampa Tribune'".USA Today.Retrieved2020-08-28.
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