El Paso Times
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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett |
| Editor | Tim Archuleta |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Headquarters | 500 W. Overland St., Suite 150 El Paso, TX 79901 United States |
| Circulation | 9,625 (as of 2023)[1] |
| ISSN | 0746-3588 |
| Website | elpasotimes.com |
TheEl Paso Timesis the newspaper for the US city ofEl Paso, Texas.The paper is the only English-language daily in El Paso (after theEl Paso Herald-Post,an afternoon paper, closed in 1997), but often competes with the Spanish-languageEl Diario de El Paso,an offshoot ofEl Diario de Juárezwhich is published across the Rio Grande inCiudad Juárez,Mexico.
History
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The paper was founded in 1881 by Marcellus Washington Carrico. TheTimesfirst published April 2, 1881. It originally started out as a weekly but within a year's time, it became the daily newspaper for thefrontiertown.
Gannettbought theTimesin 1972.[2]In 2003, Gannett andMediaNews Groupformed a partnership between theTimesand MediaNews' New Mexico papers, with Gannett as the managing partner.[3]In December 2005, Gannett became a minority partner in theEl Paso Times,handing the majority of the partnership and management to Denver-based MediaNews Group.[4]In 2015, Gannett acquired full ownership of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership from MediaNews successorDigital First Media.[5]Later that year, Gannett split into two, with one having broadcasting and digital properties (Tegna) and another with newspapers (the new Gannett). The latter retained theTimes.
Barbara Funkhouserserved as editor of theEl Paso Timesfrom 1980 to 1986, the first woman to hold that position.[6]Zahira Torres became the editor of the paper in 2017, making her the second woman and first Latina to lead theEl Paso Times.[7]
Sections
[edit]The El Paso Times prints news in several sections:
- A-section: all-local news cover page, with national, Mexico and international news in the inside pages
- Borderland: the metro news page has an all-local cover page as well as neighborhood, New Mexico and Texas news
- Sports: local and national sports, with an emphasis in high school andUniversity of Texas at El Paso(UTEP) coverage
- Business: local and national business news
- Living: local and national feature stories including rotating sections covering senior citizens, religion, popular culture, the arts, books, health, home decor, entertainment news, local music and fashion
- Tiempo: a weekly entertainment guide, published on Fridays, which includes concerts, movies, galleries, restaurant reviews and other entertainment related stories
- Hot Ticket: published every Wednesday
Other publications
[edit]The El Paso Times publishes several other weekly, biweekly and monthly publications:
- El Paso y Más:bi-weekly Spanish news coverage
- TV y Más:weekly television guide and Spanish entertainment magazine
- Cars & Trucks:weeklyautotrader guide
Notable people
[edit]- Steve Almond,American short story writer and essayist
- Paul Salopek,American journalist and writer
- W. E. "Pete" Snelson, sports editor (1940–1943), later member of both houses of theTexas State LegislaturefromMidland[8]
References
[edit]- ^"2023 Texas Newspaper Directory".Texas Press Association.Archived fromthe originalon 2023-05-03.Retrieved2023-05-03.
- ^Romero, Simon (May 27, 2003)."Shaking Up Journalism in El Paso".The New York Times.RetrievedSeptember 9,2021.
- ^"Media empires form Texas-New Mexico partnership".bizjournals.com.March 17, 2003.RetrievedSeptember 9,2021.
- ^"8 N.M. Newspapers In Partnership Deal".Albuquerque Journal.December 2, 2005. Archived fromthe originalon October 29, 2013.RetrievedSeptember 9,2021.
- ^"Gannett acquires complete ownership of Texas-New Mexico Newspaper Partnership from Digital First Media".talkingnewmedia.com.Archived fromthe originalon September 15, 2015.RetrievedSeptember 9,2021.
- ^Hinojosa, Alex (2014-08-16)."Barbara Funkhouser, former El Paso Times editor, dies at 84".El Paso Times.Gannett. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-09-21.Retrieved2014-09-21.
- ^"Zahira Torres becomes second woman, first Latina to lead the Times".El Paso Times.Gannett. October 21, 2017.RetrievedSeptember 9,2021.
- ^"W. E. 'Pete' Snelson (1923-2014)".The Odessa American.RetrievedMay 1,2014.
