Princeton Times
| Type | weekly |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Community Newspaper Holdings |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Headquarters | 213 South Walker Street, Princeton, WV |
| Circulation | 1,390 |
| Website | www |
The Princeton Times is a newspaper serving Princeton, West Virginia, and surrounding Mercer County.[1] Published weekly on Fridays,[2] it has a circulation of 1,390 and is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings.[3]
The paper was launched as a daily in July 1961 with the help of Mercer County residents, 300 of whom bought stock in the new venture.[4] Howard Imboden was set up as publisher. The paper was soon sold to southern firm holding over 30 local newspapers, citing need for more capital investment.[4] It dropped its Sunday edition in 1963 and shifted to weekly publication in August 1964.[5]
In August 2018, the paper took third place for its division in General Excellence in the West Virginia Press Association's Better Newspaper Awards.[6]
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References[]
- ^ "Newspapers Currently Received in the West Virginia Archives and History Library" (PDF). West Virginia Division of Culture and History. State of West Virginia. December 2016.
- ^ "About Us". Princeton Times. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
- ^ a b "Southern Firm Buys Mercer Paper". Beckley Post-Herald. 20 January 1963.
- ^ "Princeton Times, A Daily, To Become Weekly Paper". Beckley Post-Herald. 6 August 1964.
- ^ "Register-Herald scores with W.Va. Press Association". Register-Herald. 12 August 2018.
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