Times Union (Albany): Difference between revisions

{{short description|American daily newspaper in New York State}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Times Union

| image = [[Image:Albany Times-Union.jpg|225px|border]]

| type = [[Daily newspaper]]

| format = [[Broadsheet]]

| motto = ''Since 1856<br>The information source for the Capital Region.''

| foundation = 1856 (as ''Morning Times'')

| owners = [[Hearst Communications]]

| headquarters = 645 Albany Shaker Road<br />[[Colonie, New York|Colonie]], [[New York (state)|NY]]<br />[[United States]]

| editor = Casey Seiler

| publisher = [[George Randolph Hearst III]]

| circulation = 66,835 Daily<br />128,565 Sunday

| circulation_date = 2011

| circulation_ref = <ref name="eCirc">{{cite web|url=http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/newstitlesearchus.asp |title=eCirc Circulation Averages for 6 Months ending 3/31/2011 |publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations |access-date=2011-10-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027085243/http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/newstitlesearchus.asp |archive-date=October 27, 2012 }}</ref>

| issn = 8756-5927

| website = {{URL|timesunion.com}}|

The '''''Times Union''''', or '''''Times-Union''''', is an American daily [[newspaper]], serving the [[Capital District, New York|Capital Region]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]. Although the newspaper focuses on [[Albany, New York|Albany]] and its suburbs, it covers all parts of the four-county area, including the cities of [[Troy, New York|Troy]], [[Schenectady]] and [[Saratoga Springs]]. In 2021, the paper also expanded to covering the Hudson Valley. It is owned by [[Hearst Communications]]. The paper was founded in 1856 as the ''Morning Times'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Albany Morning Times (Albany [N.Y.]) 1856-1861|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84031244/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> becoming ''Times-Union'' by 1891,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/101.htm |title= New York State Newspapers |publisher= New York State Library }}</ref> and was purchased by [[William Randolph Hearst]] in 1924.<ref name="Hearst profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.hearst.com/newspapers/property/news_daily_albany.html|title=Albany Times Union|publisher=Hearst Corporation|access-date=2006-10-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061030071403/http://www.hearst.com/newspapers/property/news_daily_albany.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-10-30}}</ref> The sister paper ''[[Knickerbocker News]]'' merged with the ''Times Union'' in 1988. The newspaper has been online since 1996.

The editor of the ''Times Union'' is Casey Seiler, who has held the post since Feb. 1, 2020.<ref name="CaseySeilerbio">{{cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Casey-Seiler-named-Times-Union-editor-14993136.php|title=Casey Seiler named Times Union editor|date=21 January 2020|publisher=Hearst Corporation|access-date=2021-03-04}}</ref> He previously served as the paper's managing editor. George Hearst is the publisher.

The newspaper is printed in its [[Colonie, New York|Colonie]] headquarters by the Hearst Corporation's Capital Newspapers Division. The daily edition costs $2 and the Sunday/Thanksgiving Day edition costs $3. Home delivery prices are slightly lower.

The ''Times Union'' announced in May 2006 that it would pay $3.5 million over 10 years for the naming rights of the [[Pepsi]] Arena in downtown Albany. On January 1, 2007, the arena was renamed the [[Times Union Center]]. On January 1, 2022 the venue was renamed the [[MVP Arena]].

*'''Perspective''': Contains opinion commentaries, editorials, an editorial cartoon, columns, letters to the editor, and notable quotesofthe week.

*'''Spaces''': A tabloid section with [[real estate]] listings and articles on housing topics.

*George R. Hearst III, publisher

*Casey Seiler, editor

*Akum Norder, senior editor for opinion

*Jay Jochnowitz, editor at large

*Tena Tyler, senior editor for engagement

*Chris Churchill, editorial writer and metro columnist

<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/author/times-union-editorial-board/|title=Times Union Editorial Board, Opinion - Times Union|website=www.timesunion.com}}</ref>

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* [[Lawrence C. Levy]]

* {{cite web |url= http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/guide |title= Guide to the Times Union opinion pages |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 27, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004327/http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/guide/ }}

[[Category:Hearst Communications publications]]

[[Category:Newspapers established in 1857]]

[[Category:Daily newspapers published in New York (state)]]