The Roanoke Times and roanoke.com intend to be the leading digital news and information provider in Southwest Virginia. We will expand the newspaper's traditional reach; we will find new ways to gather and distribute news and information; we will mesh the print and electronic versions of the newspaper to increase readership.
Nobody covers the region like The Roanoke Times. For 120 years, the paper has been the leading source of information for Southwest Virginia. In 2002, it was designated the best-read daily newspaper in the country, according to the 2002 Scarborough Report. Of 162 newspapers in top U.S. metropolitan areas, The Roanoke Times ranked first in the percentage of adults who read their daily newspaper.
The Scarborough Report, an extensive survey of 75 top metro markets produced by one of the nation's leading research companies, shows that nearly 63 percent of adults in the Roanoke metropolitan statistical area read this newspaper on a daily basis. That figure rises to 75 percent on Sundays.
In addition to putting The Roanoke Times online every day, we offer extensive coverage of Virginia Tech sports, breaking news reports, weather, local events, entertainment and commentary.
Our editorial philosophy is inclusive. We believe that Roanoke.Com is a community-based web site. Because its medium is the Internet, it cannot assume one voice of authority. It is many voices of interest speaking to many partners and consumers in our region.
As you're already in this space, you probably know the breadth and depth of this Web site. More than 230,000 unique users read, watch and listen to 3.5 million pages and recordings each month. It's the most trafficked web site in Southwest Virginia, according to ACNielsen and Scarborough.
Roanoke.Com is also a production shop creating some of the region's most trafficked web sites. Our designers and programmers know what it takes to make a site effective on a daily basis. If you're in the market for a new web site or if you want to have an existing site revamped with the latest applications, drop us an e-mail. We'll be glad to make some suggestions.
In addition, Roanoke.Com is a premium medium for advertisers to reach clients and customers. With a variety of advertising options, roanoke.com can customize an advertising package that will help your business get its message in front of the right audience -- easily and affordably.
Call Gwendolyn Thomas, (540) 981-3282, or contact her through e-mail for more infomation on advertising programs.
Whether you're in the Roanoke Valley or traveling abroad, Roanoke.Com is your source for information on the things close to home and close to your heart. Make us your home page -- and always be one of the first to know what's new.
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