ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

:''For the newspaper in Russia, please see St. Petersburg Times (Russia).''
The '''St. Petersburg Times''' is a daily newspaper based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that serves the larger Tampa Bay area. The ''Times'' sells 323,031 papers per day Monday through Saturday, making it the largest paper in Florida and the 21st largest in the United States. On Sunday it sells 422,410 papers, and the ''Times'' estimates about 755,000 people read the daily edition, while on Sundays it is approximately one million. It is also one of the nation's most respected newspapers, as it has won six Pulitzers since 1964. It is published by the Times Publishing Company, which is owned by the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit journalism school in St. Petersburg directly adjacent to the University of South Florida campus in St. Petersburg. It also publishes the tbt
★ , a free daily which is geared toward active 20-somethings in the Tampa Bay area.
The ''Times'' traces its origins to a newspaper started in Dunedin, Florida, in 1884.
It owns naming rights for the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa.
In October 2006, a full partnership was formed between the ''Times'' and Bay News 9. The partnership's foundations actually began in 2005, with Bay News 9's political-themed program ''Political Connections''.
In October 2006, the newspaper was completely redesigned, as roughly a dozen new sections were added, the size of the paper was reduced by one and a half (1 1/2) inches, the coloring of the paper was changed to be "more vibrant", and the general news area (Formerly known as "The Times Today") was moved to the left side of the paper and renamed "In the Know."
The Times had spread throughout the Suncoast over the years, adding bureaus in Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, and Citrus counties. In April 2007, however, the newspaper closed its outlying Citrus County bureau.
The newspaper's slogan is "In the know, in the Times".
The newspaper also ranks as one of the largest customers for CSX in the bay area, receiving many boxcars of paper on a daily basis using railroad tracks that run right next to the printing center.

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# 2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation
# Quick Facts
# Times History

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★ ''St. Petersburg Times'' Official Web Site.

★ tbt
★ A free, daily, tabloid-style newspaper, published by the ''St. Petersburg Times''.

★ Bay News 9 a local television partner of the ''St. Petersburg Times''.

★ St. Petersburg Times proves non profit structure can work.