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Los Angeles TimesLA TimesThe Los Angeles Times was first published on December 4, 1881, under the name of the Los Angeles Daily Times. Nathan Cole, Jr. and Thomas Gardiner start the Los Angeles Daily Times, which was printed by the Mirror Printing Office. It was published daily except Mondays. The original founders ran into financial problems the following year, the fledgling paper was inherited by its printer, the Mirror Printing Office and Book Bindery. The company hired as editor former military officer Harrison Gray Otis, who quickly turned the newspaper into a financial success. Otis and a partner purchased the entire Times and Mirror properties in 1884 and incorporated them as the Times-Mirror Company. In October 1886, the word "Daily" was removed from the title and the newspaper became the Los Angeles Times. As the city of Los Angeles grew, so did The LA Times. Competition among local newspapers was fierce. It was not until the mid-1940s that The LA Times became the leading newspaper in Los Angeles. Today, The Times is the largest metropolitan newspaper in the USA. In June 2000, The LA Times became a Tribune Publishing newspaper when Tribune Company acquired Times Mirror, former parent of the Los Angeles Times. The LA Times' first home is a small brick building located at Temple and New High streets in downtown Los Angeles. LA Times websiteOfficial LA Times website: www.latimes.com LA Times on Twitter @LATimesFreshInk |
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