The Times of Ceylon subsequently started various newspapers using the names of former TOCL publications. The Times of Ceylon The Times of Ceylon was an English language daily newspaper in Sri Lanka published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). It was founded in 1846 as the Ceylon Times and was published from Colombo. It ceased publication in 1985. The "Ceylon Times" started on 11 July 1846 using the printing press of the defunct "The Ceylon Herald". The newspaper was established to oppose "The Observer" and promote the mercantile interests of British colonials. Initially it was published on Tuesdays and Fridays. In 1858 the paper's
The Herald Times Reporter press was brought on a schooner from Milwaukee. A weekly newspaper called the "Weekly Press" was printed; it was renamed the "Weekly Herald" in 1955. In 1898, the "Weekly Herald" became a daily newspaper; the Herald-Press Publishing Company was formed and it printed the "Daily Herald" and "Weekly Press". The "Weekly Press" was absorbed into the "Daily Herald" in 1953 and the newspaper became known as the "Herald Times". It purchased the "Two Rivers Reporter" based in nearby Two Rivers in 1970 and the newspaper took its current name "Herald Times Reporter". It was purchased by Gannett Company in 2000.