Times Union (newspaper)
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Times Union is a major daily newspaper based in Albany, New York, known for its coverage of regional news, politics, and culture in New York’s Capital Region.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Albany Times Union | 1 |
| Times Union | 1 |
| Times Union (Albany) | 1 |
| Times Union (newspaper) canonical | 1 |
| Times-Union | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1554049 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Times Union (newspaper) Context triple: [Times Union Center, namedAfter, Times Union (newspaper)]
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New-York Tribune
The New-York Tribune was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American newspaper based in New York City, known for its influential journalism and political commentary.
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New York Herald Tribune
The New York Herald Tribune was a prominent American newspaper based in New York City, known for its influential journalism and distinguished columnists in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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C.
New York Herald
The New York Herald was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American daily newspaper based in New York City, known for its large circulation and influential, often sensational, journalism.
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D.
New York Courier and Enquirer
The New York Courier and Enquirer was a prominent 19th-century New York City newspaper known for its political influence and role in shaping public opinion before the Civil War.
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E.
Times Union Center
Times Union Center is a major indoor arena and entertainment venue located in downtown Albany, New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Times Union (newspaper) Target entity description: Times Union is a major daily newspaper based in Albany, New York, known for its coverage of regional news, politics, and culture in New York’s Capital Region.
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A.
New-York Tribune
The New-York Tribune was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American newspaper based in New York City, known for its influential journalism and political commentary.
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B.
New York Herald Tribune
The New York Herald Tribune was a prominent American newspaper based in New York City, known for its influential journalism and distinguished columnists in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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C.
New York Herald
The New York Herald was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American daily newspaper based in New York City, known for its large circulation and influential, often sensational, journalism.
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D.
New York Courier and Enquirer
The New York Courier and Enquirer was a prominent 19th-century New York City newspaper known for its political influence and role in shaping public opinion before the Civil War.
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E.
Times Union Center
Times Union Center is a major indoor arena and entertainment venue located in downtown Albany, New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
daily newspaper
ⓘ
media organization ⓘ newspaper ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Albany
ⓘ
surface form:
Albany, New York
|
| city |
Albany
ⓘ
surface form:
Albany, New York
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coversRegion |
Albany–Schenectady–Troy metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Albany metropolitan area
Capital District of New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York’s Capital Region
|
| distributionArea |
Albany County, New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rensselaer County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Saratoga County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Schenectady County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName |
Morning Times
ⓘ
Times Union (newspaper) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Times-Union
|
| foundedBy |
Franklin Keeler
ⓘ
William Cassidy ⓘ |
| hasDigitalSubscription | yes ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
digital edition
ⓘ
print edition ⓘ |
| hasSection |
arts and entertainment
ⓘ
business ⓘ news ⓘ opinion ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.timesunion.com ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Albany
ⓘ
surface form:
Albany, New York
|
| inception | 1856 ⓘ |
| ISSN | 1936-3446 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
online
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| name |
Times Union (newspaper)
self-link
ⓘ
surface form:
Times Union
|
| notableFor |
coverage of New York State politics
ⓘ
investigative reporting in the Capital Region ⓘ |
| OCLC | 2240789 ⓘ |
| owner | Hearst Communications ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Hearst Communications ⓘ |
| primaryCoverage |
culture
ⓘ
politics ⓘ regional news ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | daily ⓘ |
| publisher | Times Union, LLC ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
arts and entertainment
ⓘ
business news ⓘ local government ⓘ sports ⓘ state politics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Times Union (newspaper) Description of subject: Times Union is a major daily newspaper based in Albany, New York, known for its coverage of regional news, politics, and culture in New York’s Capital Region.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.