The Times such as David Aaronovitch, Philip Collins, and Jenni Russell. "The Times" occasionally makes endorsements for foreign elections. In November 2012, it endorsed a second term for Democrat's Barack Obama although it also expressed reservations about his foreign policy. "The Times", along with the British Film Institute, sponsors "The Times" "bfi" London Film Festival. It also sponsors the Cheltenham Literature Festival and the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature at Asia House, London. In addition, the newspaper has previously acted as a media partner for Teach First, notably at their Impact Conference in 2017. An Irish digital edition of the paper
The Roanoke Times Landmark Communications, which sold off the broadcasting properties and kept the papers. In 1991, the newspaper became known as "The Roanoke Times & World-News" when the company stopped publication of the afternoon "World-News". The paper dropped the latter part of its name in 1995. Landmark started shopping its newspaper properties in 2008 and sold the "Times" to Berkshire Hathaway's BH Media Group in 2013. This made the "Times" a sister publication to the "Richmond Times-Dispatch", as well as the "News & Advance" of Lynchburg, the other major paper serving the Roanoke/Lynchburg media market. As the major daily newspaper for Roanoke