premise: The Times was founded in 1980.
hypothesis: Carroll County Times . The Times expanded and became the Carroll County Times in 1956 . The Beaver County Times . The paper was known as The Beaver Valley Times until 1956 , when it became The Beaver County Times after its acquisition of the Ambridge Daily Citizen . The Times . It began in 1785 under the title , adopting its current name on 1 January 1788 . The Times and The Sunday Times do not share editorial staff , were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1967 . In 1959 the historian of journalism Allan Nevins analysed the importance of The Times in shaping the views of events of London 's elite :