TimesLedger Newspapers

The TimesLedger Newspapers is a chain of paid circulation weekly newspapers covering news, sports and events of concern to residents of the borough of Queens, New York.{{cite web

|title=About Us |url= http://www.yournabe.com/our_newspaper/about_us/ |work=YourNabe.com}} The company's flagship paper is the Bayside Times, which was founded in 1935 as the paper of record for Bayside, New York, where its offices are presently based. The newspapers are owned by Schneps Media.

History

Schneps Media was founded in 1985.

NewsCorp acquired the TimesLedger in 2008.{{cite web

|publisher=Rubenstein Communications, Inc.

|title=News Corporation Acquires Two New York City Neighborhood Newspaper Groups – TimesLedger and Courier-Life

|url= http://www.newscorp.com/news/news_314.html

|work=News Corporation}} In 2014, News Corp sold its Community Newspaper Group to Les Goodstein, the former company executive, and to his wife Jennifer.{{Cite web

|title=News Corp. sells Community Newspaper Group to Les and Jennifer Goodstein

|work=Capital New York | accessdate = 2014-12-07 | date = 2014-06-23

|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2014/06/8547731/news-corp-sells-community-newspaper-group-les-and-jennifer-goodstein | df = mdy-all

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214013000/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2014/06/8547731/news-corp-sells-community-newspaper-group-les-and-jennifer-goodstein | archive-date = 2014-12-14 |url-status=dead }} Schneps Media acquired Community News Group in September 2018.{{Cite web

|title=SCHNEPS COMMUNICATIONS ACQUIRES COMMUNITY NEWS GROUP AND NYC COMMUNITY MEDIA, CREATING DOMINANT LOCAL-MEDIA COMPANY

|work=Brooklyn Paper |access-date=September 14, 2018

|date=September 14, 2018

|url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/schneps-communications-acquires-community-news-group-and-nyc-community-media-creating-dominant-local-media-company/ }}

Editions currently published by the paper include the Bayside Times and the Flushing Times, which cover northeast Queens, and the TimesLedger,{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/nyregion/thecity/when-the-crime-fighter-is-a-hidden-camera.html

|title=When the Crime Fighter Is a Hidden Camera

|quote=was first reported in The Queens Times Ledger.

|author=Jeff Vandam |date=November 6, 2005}}{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/nyregion/thecity/04stre.html

|title=All the Aches of Old Age, and Now One More

|quote= reported in The Times Ledger, a local weekly.

|author=Jeff Vandam |date=February 4, 2007}} which covers western and southern Queens.{{cite web|title=Areas of Circulation |url= http://www.dayeandcompany.com/circulation_times.htm |work=Daye and Company}}

TimesLedger won six New York Press Awards in 2009{{cite web

|last=Gustafson |first=Anna |title=TimesLedger wins six New York Press Awards

|url= http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2009/04/09/astoria_times/news/astoria_times_newsllihnro04082009.txt

|work=YourNabe.com}} and 13 New York Press Association Awards in 2010.{{cite web |last=Bockmann |first=Rich |title= TimesLedger wins 13 journalism awards at NYPA |url= http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2011/04/18/queens/qns_nypa_awards_20110414.txt |work= YourNabe.com}}

References

External links

{{official website|https://qns.com}}

Category:Newspaper companies of the United States

Category:Companies based in Queens, New York

Category:Newspapers published in Queens, New York