St. Petersburg Times
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- For the newspaper in Russia, please see St. Petersburg Times (Russia).
Image:Stpetetimes.jpg The St. Petersburg Times is a daily newspaper based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that serves the larger Tampa Bay area. The Times sells 334,742 papers per day Monday through Saturday, making it the largest paper in Florida and the 23rd largest in the United States[1]. On Sunday it sells 420,251 papers, and the Times estimates about 755,000 people read the daily edition, while on Sundays it is approximately one million[2].
It traces its origins a newspaper that started in Dunedin, Florida, in 1884. Its editorial leanings are generally considered to be liberal, in contrast to its more conservative-leaning competitor, the Tampa Tribune.
The Times is published by the Times Publishing Company, which is owned by the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit journalism school in St. Petersburg.
References
- "Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the United States". Infoplease. URL accessed on 22 July, 2005.
- "Quick Facts". St. Petersburg Times. URL accessed on 22 July, 2005.
