Sixth and Final Version
The sixth and most recent version (to date) of the Detroit Times was published as an evening paper from 1900 until November 1960. The Times was brought back to life by James Schermerhorn October 1, 1900 as Detroit Today but quickly changed its name to the Evening Times. The paper was purchased, after the property having been placed in the hands of a receiver, by William Randolph Hearst in the later part of 1921.
At the time Hearst purchased the paper it was located at 131 Bagley Street; Hearst wasted no time working out plans for a new state-of-the-art printing plant. After the purchase of the paper by Hearst the Times became the fastest growing paper in the city. Hearst dispathched famed editor Arthur Brisbane to Detroit to kick start the Times. With the backing of the Hearst Newspapers the paper rivaled the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press in the great Detroit newspaper war. The Detroit Times hit its highest circulation in 1951 with an average daily high of 438,757 papers sold.
But the fifties were not kind to the newspaper business, and as the Times circulation numbers slipped to about 400,000 copies sold daily in 1960, it was obvious Detroit could not support three daily papers. In November 1960, Hearst sold the Times to The Evening News Association, owner of the rival Detroit News. The last edition of the Detroit Times was printed November 6, 1960. The area where the Detroit Times printing plant was located is now called Times Square.
The Detroit Times should not be confused with the Detroit Metro Times, the original name of the weekly Metro Times.
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