The Tampa Tribune

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The July 27, 2005 front page of The Tampa Tribune
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Media General
Publisher	Denise Palmer
Editor	Janet Weaver
Founded	1895
Price	US$ 0.25 Monday-Saturday US$ 1.00 Sunday
Headquarters	200 S. Parker Street Tampa, FL 33606  United States
Circulation	236,376 Daily 309,916 Sunday[1]
ISSN	1042-3761
Website: tampatrib.com

The Tampa Tribune, published in Tampa, Florida, is one of two major newspapers published in the Tampa Bay area, second in circulation and readership to the St. Petersburg Times. The paper's tagline is "Life. Printed Daily." The Tribune, as well as the Richmond Times-Dispatch, are the flagship newspapers under the Media General banner.

Daily publication of the Tribune started in 1895 when Wallace Stovall upgraded printing from once a week. In 1958, the struggling evening newspaper, the Tampa Daily Times, was bought out by the Tribune Company and was published until 1982. The Tampa Tribune would eventually be purchased by Media General Corp.

Since 2000, the Tribune has partnered with WFLA-TV and TBO.com in a converged arrangement, all connected with one another under owner Media General. The large media complex is located on Parker Street in Downtown Tampa.

The Tampa Tribune's editorial leanings are decidedly conservative to moderate, as opposed to the aforementioned Times, its generally liberal to moderate competitor.

The current executive editor of the paper is Janet Weaver. The Tampa Tribune also operates Hernando Today and Highlands Today, local offshoots of the Tribune located in Brooksville and Sebring, respectively.

[edit] References

1. ^ 2006 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation (PDF). BurrellesLuce (2006-03-31). Retrieved on March 6, 2007.

[edit] External links

• Tampa Tribune website
• TBO.com Tampa Tribune's site for tampa bay news, weather, sports and things to do
• John Couey trial for the Jessica Lunsford Murder coverage from TBO.com The Tampa Tribune and Newschannel 8