Whidbey News-Times

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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 previous title was the Whidbey Examiner. The title was changed upon the Black Press' acquisition of the paper,[2] which changed the name to the Whidbey News-Times.[3] Its sister paper is the South Whidbey Record.

TypeBiweekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Sound Publishing
EditorJessie Stensland
Staff writersKira Erickson, Karina Andrew, Rachel Rosen
Founded1891
Headquarters800 SE Barrington Dr, Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Circulation2,782 (as of 2023)[1]
ISSN1060-7161
OCLC number17196050
Websitewhidbeynewstimes.com

The newspaper was formed from the 1959 merger of the Island County Times (founded in Coupeville in 1891) with the Oak Harbor News. The News-Times and Record were published in Coupeville until 2010.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Sound Publishing Media Kit 2023" (PDF). soundpublishing.com. 2023-04-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  2. ^ "Black Press Media – Community News Media". www.blackpress.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  3. ^ Graves, Keven (2017-01-04). "After 22 years, The Examiner will cease publication". Whidbey News-Times. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  4. ^ Stensland, Jessie (February 3, 2010). "Whidbey News-Times and South Whidbey Record are moving". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
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