The ''Glasgow Times'' is an evening tabloid newspaper published Monday to Saturday in the city of

Glasgow Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...

, Scotland. Called ''The Evening Times'' from 1876, it was rebranded as the ''Glasgow Times'' on 4 December 2019.City daily officially drops 'evening' from name as part of relaunch
HoldTheFrontPage. 4 December 2019.

History

The paper, an evening sister paper of '' The Herald'', was established in 1876. The paper's slogan is "Nobody Knows Our City Better". Publication of the ''Evening Times'' (and its sister paper) moved to a

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building in Mitchell Street in 1868. The building is now the

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, Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the city. In 1964, publishers George Outram were bought by Sir Hugh Fraser. In 1979, the ownership was acquired by

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. On 19 July 1980, the paper moved to offices at 195 Albion Street, a black-fronted building modelled after the ''Black Lubyanka'' building of the Daily Express in London's

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. The Albion Street building had previously housed the '' Scottish Daily News'' workers' cooperative from May to November 1975. A management buy-out in May 1992 created Caledonian Newspapers, later purchased by

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in 1996. After the purchase the TV group renamed itself "Scottish Media Group", which was later shortened to SMG and, in 2008, rebranded as STV Group plc.

Business

''The Glasgow Times'' and ''The Herald'' are owned by

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(a division of

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), which acquired it with the purchase of the publishing arm of the Scottish Media Group in 2003 for £216million.

Distribution

The newspaper's vendor stalls became known around the city for the shouts of "Times! Evening Times!" from the vendors. The paper is additionally sold at local shops and offers home delivery in the area.

Other publications

''The Glasgow Times'' gives its name to an annual pocket-sized Scottish football publication called the '' Wee Red Book'', which contains both the following season's fixtures in Scotland's four senior divisions and lists of previous league and cup winners from Scotland,

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and Europe.

References

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