The Express Times was founded in 1855 as The Easton Daily Express.
20th century
In 1917, the newspaper's name was changed to The Easton Express and was later abbreviated to The Express in 1973.
In 1983, Thomson Newspapers bought The Express. In 1991, The Express merged with The Globe-Times, which was based in Bethlehem, which formed The Express-Times. Three years later, in 1994, MediaNews Group acquired The Express-Times from Thomson.
In 2023, The Express-Times joined the region's other major newspaper, The Morning Call, in dropping their circulation of the Dilbert comic after Scott Adams, the comic's creator, told white people to "get the hell away from [black people]" on a YouTube live stream in response to a public opinion poll by the conservative-learning Rasmussen Reports, which found that 26% of Black respondents disagreed with the statement that it's okay to be white.[5][6]
In November 2024, the newspaper newspaper announced that it intends to discontinue its print edition starting in February 2025.[7]The Express-Times is also available online at lehighvalleylive.com.[8]
