Centre Daily Times

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Centre Daily Times
The July 27, 2005 front page of the Centre Daily Times
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet

Owner	The McClatchy Company
Publisher	Adrian Pratt
Editor	Robert Heisse
Founded	1898 (as The Weekly Times)
Headquarters	3400 East College Avenue State College, PA 16801-7528 United States
Circulation	25,354 Monday - Thursday 27,924 Friday 26,358 Saturday 33,264 Sunday^[1]

Website: CentreDaily.com

The Centre Daily Times is a daily newspaper located in State College, Pa, in the United States. It is the hometown newspaper for the Pennsylvania State University, one of the most well-known and largest universities in the country with more than 40,000 students attending the main campus. The Nittany Lions fuel much of this attention.

The Weekly Times was founded in 1898 and was later renamed The State College Times. In 1934, the paper became a daily, the Centre Daily Times. It was purchased by Knight Ridder in 1979. A Saturday morning edition was added in 1980, and a Sunday edition was launched in 1982. The Centre Daily Times became a morning paper in 1986. The McClatchy Company purchased Knight Ridder in June 2006, thereby acquiring the Centre Daily Times.

The paper is also home to a weekly tabloid section geared toward the college community. "Blue Weekly" reaches roughly 15,000 readers every week, as well as offering unique content for young readers. Blue Weekly is edited by Kelli Brown, as has been touted by Editor and Publisher, among others, as a way to fight declining readership in younger generations.

Home delivery is available to all of Centre County and parts of Blair, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon and Mifflin counties. In addition, single copy sales reach several more counties, especially during college football season.