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The ''Erie Times-News'' is published by the city's Times Publishing Company, not to be confused with the better-known, St. Petersburg, Florida -based Times Publishing Company . THE BEGINNING The newspaper that would become the ''Erie Times-News'' began as the ''Erie Daily Times'', which was first published April 12 , 1888 , by nine printers involved in a labor dispute at another newspaper. One of the printers who founded the Times Publishing Company was John J. Mead Sr. , who eventually bought out his partners. Mead, his wife, sons and grandchildren would head the company until 2003 . The company today is still privately held by the Mead family. ONE COMPANY, TWO NEWSPAPERS In January 1957 , the Times Publishing Company bought out the rival ''Erie Dispatch Herald'' and put the respective staffs of the two newspapers in one building, but didn't merge them. On January 7 , the ''Erie Morning News'' made its debut. The company continued publishing two competing newspapers, one a morning publication and the other an afternoon paper, until 2000 , when the company combined the respective staffs and operations of the ''Morning News'' and ''Erie Daily Times'' into the present-day ''Erie Times-News''. The last edition of the ''Erie Daily Times'' was published September 1 , while the last ''Morning News'' was published September 29 , a Friday. After the newspapers' combined Saturday and Sunday editions were published as usual, the first edition of the ''Erie Times-News'' was published October 2 . THE ''TIMES-NEWS'' TODAY Since the merger, the Meads have gradually shifted day-to-day leadership of the company and its newspaper to outside the family. In August 2003 , company Vice President James E. Dible was promoted to Chief Executive Officer , President and Publisher , succeeding the retiring Michael Mead , a grandson of the company founder. At about the same time, Michael Mead's first cousin, Edward M. Mead , stepped down as editor, turning over leadership of the Newsroom to Executive Editor Rick Sayers . Both Edward and Michael Mead continue to serve on the company's board of directors, the former as its chairman. In September 2003, the ''Times-News'' was named by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Foundation as the "Newspaper of the Year." On January 16 , 2006 , the paper announced it was eliminating 24 positions immediately and would eliminate another 11 by February 3 , leaving the Erie Times-News with about 250 employees. The paper also killed two of its three "Neighbors" zoned editions, a move that accounted for almost half of the initial 24 job cuts. Dible cited flat revenues and rising costs as the reason for the layoffs. EXTERNAL LINK GoErie.com , the online edition of the Erie Times-News. |
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