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Times Community Media

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Times Community Media
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherArthur W. Arundel
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersHerndon, Virginia, Virginia
Websitewww.timescommunity.com

Times Community Media (TCM) is a group of contiguous weeklies in Northern Virginia, United States, and the Piedmont, United States.

Based in Herndon, Virginia,[1] the newspaper group provides local news in the Virginia suburbs outside Washington, D.C. With more than 200 years of local newspaper history[clarification needed], the company grew by focusing on local news. As of 2008, the Times Community Newspapers 240,000 households in Northern Virginia.[2] TCM is a co-owner of the Washington Suburban Press Network, which is also a group of regional community newspapers.[3]

In 1962, the company was founded by Arthur W. Arundel. Arundel purchased the 165-year-old Loudoun Times-Mirror in Leesburg in 1963.[4] The company has grown ever since, and now owns the following newspapers:

References

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  1. ^ "Virginia". Richmond Times. 2005-12-17. Retrieved 2009-10-15.[dead link]
  2. ^ Plumb, Tierney (2008-09-11). "Newspaper group launches Fairfax County Times". American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  3. ^ Clabaugh, Jeff (2002-07-05). "Community papers ready to print off-site". American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  4. ^ Lohr, Greg A. (2001-05-04). "Times Community founder scales back publisher role". American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
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