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The Knickerbocker News' circulation peaked at about 71,000 in 1972-73, which made it the largest newspaper at that time in New York's Capital Region, but had fallen to about 28,000 by the late 1980s. That precipitous decline was a fate that overtook most afternoon newspapers in the United States during the same period as major changes in the ...
Times Union is a daily newspaper serving the Capital Region of New York, owned by Hearst Communications. It covers local, national and world news, sports, business, opinion, arts and entertainment, and has a Sunday edition with more sections and features.
It was acquired by the Rochester Union which was bought by Frank Gannett. In 1918 Gannett merged it with Evening Times to form the Times-Union. Ten years later Gannett purchased the 100-year-old Democrat and Chronicle, the paper with which the Times-Union ultimately merged in 1997. By 1963, the newspaper was known as just The Times-Union. [1]
The Knickerbocker Press was circulated in the morning while the Albany Evening News was circulated in the evening and was a direct competitor of Albany Times Union, Hearst's newspaper. By 1937, Gannett monopolized not only the Rochester newspaper business but the Albany one as well. It was at this time that Hearst and Gannett struck a deal.
Howard Hubbard was born on October 31, 1938, in Troy, New York, to Howard and Elizabeth Hubbard. He attended St. Patrick's School and La Salle Institute in Troy, entering Mater Christi Seminary in 1956. He furthered his studies at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York, obtaining a Bachelor of Philosophy degree.
The media in New York's Capital District is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy media market, which is the 59th largest in the United States, [1] includes all of the 11 counties of the Capital District, along with Hamilton County, New York, as well as Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and Bennington County, Vermont.
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Learn about the origins, development, and culture of Albany, one of the oldest and longest-chartered cities in the United States. Explore its colonial, revolutionary, and modern history, as well as its role in transportation, education, and politics.