The
Los Angeles Times, commonly referred to as the
Times or
LA Times, is a paid daily
newspaper published in
Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country. In 2000, the
Tribune Company, parent company of the
Chicago Tribune and local television station
KTLA, purchased the
Los Angeles Times when Tribune acquired its parent company, the
Times Mirror Corporation. The
Times is currently owned by
Tribune Publishing.