| The Times-Journal | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Foundation: | 1878 |
| Owners: | Southern Newspapers |
| Publisher: | Tricia Dunne |
| Maneditor: | Emily Kirby |
| Language: | English |
| Circulation: | 5,000 (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) |
| Headquarters: | 811 Greenhill Blvd. NW Fort Payne, Alabama, 35967 |
| Website: | times-journal.com |
The Times-Journal newspaper appears three times a week is published in Fort Payne, Alabama and serves the DeKalb County, Alabama region. The Times-Journal was a Southern Newspapers publication for 60 years before selling to Patrick Graham in 2019,[1] along with sister papers in Albertville and Scottsboro. The Times-Journal resulted from the merger in 1959 of the Fort Payne Journal, first published in 1878, and the Times-New Era. The latter newspaper was the product of the 1951 merger of The DeKalb Times and The Collinsville New Era.[2] [3]
Of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the Times-Journal has the nineteenth highest daily circulation.[4]
The Times-Journal has won numerous awards from state newspaper associations, such as the Alabama Press Association and the Associated Press Managing Editors.[5]
The Weekly Post was a weekly newspaper published in Rainsville, Alabama, by Southern Newspapers and serving the DeKalb County, Alabama region. It was founded in 1986 by Carey and Teri Baker. In 2010 the Times-Journal absorbed the smaller sister-paper, the Weekly Post.[6]