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Fairmont Times West Virginian


1866

J. N. Boyd began publication of Vedette in Fairmont

Other events that happened on or around 1866

1868

Vedette changed name to the West Virginian

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1900

Fairmont Times was first published by Gen. C. L. Smith and O. S. McKinney

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1904

Fairmont West Virginian became daily

Other events that happened on or around 1904

1918

Fairmont Times began publishing Sunday editions

Other events that happened on or around 1918

1926

Fairmont Times moved to the building of West Virginian

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1931

Fairmont newspaper's Sunday edition became the Times West Virginian

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1934

Ogden Newspapers of Wheeling purchased the morning Times, evening West Virginian, and Sunday Times West Virginia, all of Fairmont

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1963

Thomson Newspapers of Canada purchased all three Fairmont papers

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1975

The two Fairmont daily newspapers moved toward one paper with two editions

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1999

Fairmont Times West Virginian was purchased by Community Newspaper Holding

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2005

Circulation of Times West Virginian was 12,500

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