Asheville Citizen-Times
newspaper published in Asheville, North Carolina, United States
The Asheville Citizen-Times, branded Citizen Times in its online edition, is a daily newspaper of Asheville, North Carolina. It was formed in 1991 as a result of a merger of the morning Asheville Citizen and the afternoon Asheville Times, and is sometimes referred to as AC-T by other news outlets. It is owned by USA Today Co. and operated through Gannett Co.
History
Founded in 1870 as a weekly, the North Carolina Citizen became a daily newspaper in 1885. Writers Thomas Wolfe, O. Henry, both buried in Asheville, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, a frequent visitor to Asheville, frequently could be found in the newsroom in earlier days. In 1930 the Citizen came under common ownership with the Times, which was first established in 1896 as the Asheville Gazette. The latter paper merged with a short-lived rival, the Asheville Evening News, to form the Asheville Gazette-News and was renamed The Asheville Times by new owner Charles A. Webb.
The Citizen was in a former YMCA and the press was in the swimming pool. The Times was in the Jackson Building.
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