The Tuscaloosa News is a daily newspaper serving Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA, and the surrounding area in west central Alabama.
The newspaper is a member of the New York Times Regional Media Group, a subsidiary of the New York Times Company,[1] through the corporate entity of NYT Holdings, Inc., an Alabama corporation.[2] The New York Times Company acquired the News in 1985 from the Public Welfare Foundation, a charitable entity.[3] The News had been donated to that foundation by its owner Edward Marsh, along with other newspapers he owned, before his death in 1964.[4]
The News has twelve-month average circulation of 32,700 daily and 34,600 Sunday.[5] Of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the News has the fifth highest daily circulation.[6] Beginning in 2001, the News constructed and occupied a new 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) facility overlooking the Black Warrior River.[7]
In 1957, the News received a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, for the work of Buford Boone on the issue of segregation at the University of Alabama.[8]
Because Tuscaloosa is home to the University of Alabama, the News places particular emphasis on coverage of its sports programs, and maintains a separate website for that coverage, TideSports.com. Besides its editorial offices in Tuscaloosa, the News maintains a state capital bureau in Montgomery.[9]
References
- ^ Columbia Journalism Review Resources: Who Owns What
- ^ New York Times Company, Securities and Exchange Commission 2007 Form 10K, February 26, 2008, p. 104
- ^ "Times Co. In Pact for 3 Dailies," The New York Times, January 15, 1985, p. D21
- ^ PR Newswire, January 14, 1985
- ^ New York Times Company Business Units
- ^ Alabama Press Association: 2008 Ratesheet
- ^ "Warehouse Sites Allow 'Bama Dailies to Build in Downtown Areas," Editor and Publisher Magazine, November 5, 2001, p. 22
- ^ Pulitzer Prizes: 1957
- ^ The Tuscaloosa News: Staff Listing
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