| Company type | News media |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1976; 49 years ago (1976) inNew York City, U.S. |
| Founder | Sun Myung Moon |
Area served | Internationally |
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| Subsidiaries |
News World Communications Inc. is an American international news mediacorporation.[1]
News World Communications was founded inNew York City, in 1976, byUnification Church founder and leaderSun Myung Moon. Its first two newspapers,The News World, later renamed theNew York City Tribune, and theSpanish-languageNoticias del Mundo, were published in New York City from 1976 until the early 1990s.[2][3]
News World Communications currently ownsUnited Press International,GolfStyles, formerlyWashington Golf Monthly,Segye Ilbo (South Korea), andSekai Nippo (Japan). It previously ownedWorld and I magazine,Tiempos del Mundo,Zambezi Times inSouth Africa, andMiddle East Times inEgypt.[4]
Until 2008, it published the Washington D.C.–based newsmagazineInsight on the News.[1] News World Communications' best-known newspaper wasThe Washington Times, which the company owned from the paper's founding in 1982 until 2010, when Sun Myung Moon and a group of formerTimes editors purchased it from News World Communications under the company News World Media Development, which now also ownsThe World and I.[5]
The Washington Times, which it founded and owned for several decades, is currently owned by a diversified conglomerate owned by the Unification Church, Operations Holdings,[6][7] through The Washington Times LLC.
In October 2009,Hyun Jin Moon took over as chairman.[8]