premise: The Times has been printed since 1785.
hypothesis: The Times . It began in 1785 under the title , adopting its current name on 1 January 1788 . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times ( founded in 1821 ) are published by Times Newspapers , since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK , itself wholly owned by News Corp. . The Times and The Sunday Times do not share editorial staff , were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1967 . The Times is the first newspaper to have borne that name , lending it to numerous other papers around the world , including The Times of India ( founded in 1838 ) , The Straits Times ( Singapore ) ( 1845 ) , The New York Times ( 1851 ) , The Irish Times ( 1859 ) , Le Temps ( France ) ( 1861-1942 ) , the Cape Times ( South Africa ) ( 1872 ) , the Los Angeles Times ( 1881 ) , the Trenton Times ( 1882 ) , The Seattle Times ( 1891 ) , The Manila Times ( 1898 ) , The Daily Times ( Malawi ) ( 1900 ) , El Tiempo ( Colombia ) ( 1911 ) , The Canberra Times ( 1926 ) , Times of Malta ( 1935 ) , and The Washington Times ( 1982 ) . The Times was a daily newspaper published from March 13 , 1875 to August 11 , 1902 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .