| The Express-Times | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Foundation: | 1855 as The Easton Daily Express |
| Headquarters: | 18 Centre Square, Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Owners: | Advance Publications |
| President: | Steve Alessi |
| Editor: | Nick Falsone |
| Sportseditor: | Kyle Craig |
| Language: | English |
| Website: | lehighvalleylive.com |
The Express-Times is a daily newspaper based in Easton, Pennsylvania. The newspaper provides national news and extensive local news coverage of the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855, The Express-Times is the longest continuously published newspaper in the Lehigh Valley and one of the longest continuously published newspapers in the nation.
The paper has won awards in New Jersey[1] and Pennsylvania. In 2021, it won the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting.[2] [3]
The Express Times was founded in 1855 as The Easton Daily Express.
In 1917, the newspaper's name was changed to The Easton Express and was later abbreviated to The Express in 1973.
In 1983, Thomson Newspapers bought The Express. In 1991, The Express merged with The Globe-Times, which was based in Bethlehem, which formed The Express-Times. Three years later, in 1994, MediaNews Group acquired The Express-Times from Thomson.
In 2000, current owner Advance Publications bought MediaNews' New Jersey and Pennsylvania-based newspapers, including The Express-Times.[4]
In 2023, The Express-Times joined the region's other major newspaper, The Morning Call, in dropping their circulation of the Dilbert comic after Scott Adams, the comic's creator, told white people to "get the hell away from [black people]" on a YouTube live stream in response to a public opinion poll by the conservative-learning Rasmussen Reports, which found that 26% of Black respondents disagreed with the statement that it's okay to be white.[5] [6]
In November 2024, the newspaper announced that it intends to discontinue its print edition starting in February 2025.[7] The Express-Times is also available online at lehighvalleylive.com.[8]
The Express-Times publishes zoned editions in the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey. It delivers to Lehigh and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in northwest New Jersey.
The Express-Times has four editorial sections:
The following are inserted into The Express-Times during the week:
The Express-Times also publishes a weekly, The US, based in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.