Whidbey News-Times is a twice-weekly (Wednesday and Saturday) newspaper published in Oak Harbor, Washington, United States covering general news on Whidbey Island. It is owned by Sound Publishing Inc., a subsidiary of Black Press. Its sister paper is the South Whidbey Record. Another sister paper, the Whidbey Examiner, was shuttered in 2017.[2]
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| Type | Biweekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Sound Publishing |
| Editor | Jessie Stensland |
| Staff writers | Kira Erickson, Karina Andrew, Rachel Rosen |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Headquarters | 800 SE Barrington Dr, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 |
| Circulation | 2,782 (as of 2023)[1] |
| ISSN | 1060-7161 |
| OCLC number | 17196050 |
| Website | whidbeynewstimes |
History
editThe newspaper was formed from the 1959 merger of the Island County Times (founded in Coupeville in 1891) with the Oak Harbor News,[3] and was acquired by Sound Publishing (then Whidbey Press) in 1987.[4] The News-Times was published in Oak Harbor until 2010, when its operations were merged with those of the Record in Coupeville, Washington.[3] It returned to Oak Harbor in 2020.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Sound Publishing Media Kit 2023" (PDF). soundpublishing.com. 2023-04-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ Graves, Keven (2017-01-04). "After 22 years, The Examiner will cease publication". Whidbey News-Times. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ a b Stensland, Jessie (February 3, 2010). "Whidbey News-Times and South Whidbey Record are moving". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "Our History". Sound Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ Graves, Keven (June 13, 2020). "Newspaper returns to broadsheet format, moves to new home". Whidbey News-Times. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
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