Rock River Times

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The Rock River Times
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The front page of The Rock River Times, April 5, 2017
Type Weekly newspaper
PublisherJosh Johnson
Founded1987 (The North End Times)
Headquarters128 N. Church St.
Rockford, Illinois 61101
United States
Circulation 2,500
Website rockrivertimes.com

The Rock River Times is an independently owned alternative weekly newspaper based in Rockford, Illinois with a circulation of about 2,500.

Contents

Distributed every Wednesday, The Rock River Times has been in publication since 1987. An electronic version of the publication is posted weekly on the paper's website.

History

The Rock River Times began in 1987 as the monthly, The North End Times. The paper was acquired by Frank Schier in 1992 and rebranded with its current name in 1993. Weekly publication began in December 1993 and grew to a circulation of more than 20,000 over the next two decades.[ citation needed ]

Schier, who served as editor and publisher of the newspaper for more than 24 years, died in January 2017. The paper continued under publisher Josh Johnson, a former legals editor under Schier, who purchased the publication from his estate.

Format

The Rock River Times weekly edition is currently printed in a tabloid format of 16-24 pages. Topics include local, state and national news and commentary, sports news, business news, and arts and entertainment news.

At paper's peak, The Rock River Times consisted of as many as 56 pages and had a full staff of local reporters and editors. Today, there are no local reporters; the paper now serves as a legal-noice publication with wire-generated news content.

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