Cleveland Free Times

Cleveland Free Times
Type Alternative weekly
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Kildysart LLC
Publisher Matt Fabyan
Editor Frank Lewis
Founded 1992
Language English
Ceased publication 2008
Headquarters 800 W. St. Clair Avenue
Second Floor
Cleveland, OH 44113-1266
United States
Circulation 75,000[1]
Website freetimes.com

The Cleveland Free Times was an alternative weekly newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. Its first issue was published on September 30, 1992.[2]

The Free Times and Cleveland Scene, a competing weekly paper, were purchased by Times-Shamrock Communications, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in June 2008.[3] Times-Shamrock is a media company that publishes daily and weekly newspapers throughout Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Michigan, and Texas. They also own radio stations in Baltimore.[4] The Free Times published its final issue on July 16, 2008. It merged with Cleveland Scene.

Noteworthy staff members included Roldo Bartimole.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Cleveland Free Times". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
  2. ↑ http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=CFT1
  3. ↑ http://www.ideastream.org/news/scene-and-cleveland-free-times-merge
  4. ↑ "Times-Shamrock Buys Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland Scene" (Press release). Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. June 21, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=CFT1


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