Times Mirror Company
Company type | Print media |
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Founded | 1884 |
Defunct | 2000 |
Fate | acquired by Tribune Company |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Products | newspapers, magazines, book publishers |
Revenue | $3.4 billion (1995)[1] |
Divisions | Newspaper Publishing, Professional Information, Consumer Media[1] |
The Times Mirror Company was an American newspaper and print media publisher from 1884 until 2000.
History
It had its roots in the Mirror Printing and Binding House, a commercial printing company founded in 1873, and the Los Angeles Times, originally the Los Angeles Daily Times, which was first published in 1881 and printed by the company. The two operations were purchased and combined in 1884 to form the Times Mirror Company.[2]
In 1960, Times Mirror acquired the
In 1967, the Times Mirror entered magazine publishing by acquiring
In 1983, Times Mirror owned not only the Los Angeles Times but also Newsday, The Denver Post, The Dallas Times Herald, and the Hartford Courant.[3] In 1986, Times Mirror bought A.S. Abell Company, owners of The Baltimore Sun, and as part of the sale, Gillett Communications bought out the broadcasting unit.[6] That same year, Times Mirror acquired Broadcasting Publications Inc., parent company of broadcast trade magazine Broadcasting Magazine.[7]
Times Mirror acquired Richard D. Irwin Inc. from
Times Mirror also owned
Times Mirror Co. was acquired by the Tribune Company in 2000.[13][14] After the acquisition, Tribune sold Jeppesen to Boeing and the former Times Mirror magazines to Time Inc.[15][16]
Newspapers owned by the Times Mirror Company
Name | City | Dates | Fate |
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Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles | 1884–2000 | Acquired by Tribune Company |
Newsday[14] | Long Island, Westchester | 1970[17]–2000 | Acquired by Tribune Company |
Dallas Times Herald | Dallas, Texas | 1969–1986 | Sold to MediaNews Group
|
The Advocate
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Stamford, Connecticut | 1977–2000 | Acquired by Tribune Company |
Greenwich Time | Greenwich, Connecticut | 1977–2000 | Acquired by Tribune Company |
Hartford Courant | Hartford, Connecticut | 1979–2000 | Acquired by Tribune Company |
The Denver Post | Denver, Colorado | 1980–1987 | Sold to MediaNews Group
|
The Morning Call | Allentown, Pennsylvania | 1984–2000 | Acquired by Tribune Company |
The Baltimore Sun | Baltimore, Maryland | 1986–2000 | Acquired by Tribune Company |
Broadcasting
Company type | Broadcast and cable television |
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The Times-Mirror Company was a founding owner of television station
After a seven-year hiatus from the medium, the firm reactivated Times-Mirror Broadcasting Company with its 1970 purchase of the
Times-Mirror Broadcasting later acquired
Times-Mirror also pared its station group down, selling off the Syracuse, Elmira and Harrisburg properties in 1986, to Smith Broadcasting.
Former stations
City of license / market | Station | Channel | Years owned | Current status |
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Birmingham, AL | WVTM-TV | 13 | 1980–1993 | NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
Los Angeles, CA | KTTV | 11 | 1949–1963[a] | Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Baltimore, MD | WMAR-TV | 2 | 1986[22] | ABC affiliate owned by The E.W. Scripps Company |
St. Louis, MO | KTVI | 2 | 1980–1993 | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Elmira, NY | WETM-TV | 18 | 1980–1986 | NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Syracuse, NY | WSTM-TV | 3 | 1980–1986 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
Harrisburg, PA | WHTM-TV | 27 | 1980–1986 | ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Austin, TX | KTBC-TV | 7 | 1973–1993 | Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Dallas - Fort Worth, TX | KDFW-TV | 4 | 1970–1993[b] | Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Richmond, VA | WRLH-TV | 35 | 1986[22] | Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
- ^ Co-owned with CBS until 1951 in a joint venture; 51 percent owned by Times-Mirror, 49 percent owned by CBS.
- ^ Purchased along with KRLD-AM-FM as part of Times-Mirror's acquisition of the Dallas Times Herald. Times-Mirror sold the radio stations to comply with FCC cross-ownership restrictions.
References
- ^ a b c d e "The Times Mirror Company History," Funding Universe. Accessed November 20, 2017.
- ^ "The Times Mirror Company – Lehman Brothers Collection". library.hbs.edu. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
- ^ "Ben Zevin Dies at 88; Leader Of World Publishing Company," New York Times (December 29, 1984). via UPI.
- ^ "WORLD PUBLISHING CO.", The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Accessed March 3, 2017.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "Times Mirror Buys "Broadcasting"" (PDF). World Radio History. Broadcasting Magazine. December 1, 1986. p. 43. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ProQuest 292738266.
- ProQuest 281871412.
- ^ Iver Peterson (July 4, 1996). "Times Mirror in Two Deals To Bolster Legal Publisher". The New York Times. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ "Matthew Bender ends chapter in area". Times Union. January 15, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Jones, Tim. "Tribune Co. To Merge With Times Mirror," Chicago Tribune (March 13, 2000).
- ^ "Boeing To Acquire Jeppesen Sanderson For $1.5 Billion". Aviation Daily. August 16, 2000. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- ^ "Time buys magazine unit". CNN Money. October 20, 2000. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
Time Warner publishing division acquires Tribune's group for $475M
- ^ Raymont, Henry (March 13, 1970). "Newsday Employes [sic] Seek to Block Sale of the Paper". The New York Times. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- Tribune Publishing. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- Broadcasting, September 4, 1972, pg. 6.
- ^ "Times Mirror's deal for Newhouse's TVs gets FCC approval." Broadcasting, March 31, 1980, pg. 30.
- ^ "Changing hands: Proposed." Broadcasting, September 30, 1985, pg. 109.
- ^ a b c "Times Mirror buys Abell" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 2, 1986. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 14, 1986. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ "Times Mirror set to sell four TV'." Archived June 9, 2015, at WebCite Broadcasting & Cable, March 22, 1993, pg. 7.