The Tampa Bay Times is a daily newspaper in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida, USA covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events.
The newspaper is published seven days a week.
The Tampa Bay Times calls itself "Florida's largest and best newspaper" and is the leading daily newspaper in the Tampa Bay area, having bought and shut down the competing Tampa Tribune in May 2016. In that transaction, Times Publishing Company acquired Tampa Media Group which included the Tampa Tribune, Centro Tampa and a number of Tampa area community newspapers.
The Times is published by Times Publishing Company, which is owned by the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit school for journalists. The company also publishes tbt*, a free weekly tabloid paper geared toward active 20-somethings. In April 2020, the Tampa Bay Times reduced its print editions to only Wednesday and Sunday due to advertising declines resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Times began publishing in 1884 as the West Hillsborough Times and in 1898 was renamed the St. Petersburg Times. The name was changed again to the Tampa Bay Times on January 1, 2012.
Circulation estimate: 240,000
The Tampa Bay Times is one of the highest circulation newspapers in the USA.
This newspaper is owned by Poynter Institute.
| Book editor: | Colette Bancroft |
| Business editor: | Claire McNeill |
| Entertainment editor: | Ellen Clarke |
| Sports editor: | Traci Johnson |
| Travel editor: | Ellen Clarke |
For Tampa Bay Times contact information, see the Florida news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
Average (9 votes)Tampa Bay Times Outsources Printing, Closes Plant 'Anguished' Jill Kelly Asks Tampa Mayor for Help
Poynter Institute Faces Financial Woes, Top Execs Pocket Large Paychecks
I subscribe to the Sunday edition only to receive the circulars and coupon
Mike Wilson has been promoted to managing editor of the Tampa Bay Times, effective February 2012. He previously served there as managing editor for enterprise. See all news about The Tampa Bay Times. Write a Tampa Bay Times review. Log in now if you are a Mondo Times member. If you are not a member, register for a free Mondo Times basic membership.
-- In a cost-cutting move, the Tampa newspaper is closing its printing operation in St. Petersburg and will outsource printing to a Gannett Company-owned facility in Lakeland. The move will mean the loss of 150 jobs. In April 2020, the Tampa Bay Times reduced its print editions to only Wednesday and Sunday due to advertising declines resulting from the coronavirus.
The Times staff wrote on January 6, 2021:
Tampa Bay Times will move printing to Gannett plant in Lakeland
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, January 28, 2021
-- November 19, 2012: The Tampa Bay Times reports that socialite Jill Kelly, who is involved in the scandal focused on former CIA director David Petraeus, has been emailing Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn to ask for protection from "paparazzi."
Kelly also wrote that she is being victimized by the media, according to the story Jill and Scott Kelley cultivated politicians as well as generals. From the...
-- The Poynter Institute, a school for journalists that also owns the Tampa Bay Times newspaper, has begun to recruit new philanthropy experts and also explore the possibility of land sales.
That's according to Poynter facing financial squeeze, published by the Tampa Tribune, which says the nonprofit Institute's traditional source of funding has been profits from its Tampa newspaper.
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books (when you can get them). Otherwise, I think the Tampa Times is full of Obama-loving, left wing nut writers who want readers to feel sorry for people who make a career of collecting government funds. I digress. Last Sunday (3/18/12), I reported part of my paper missing because I noticed the coupon books weren't included. I also subscribe to the Tribune, which included Red Plum and Smart Source coupon books. A man phoned me shortly after and said that it's...
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, February 22, 2012Also in Florida...
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