The Tampa Tribune

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The Tampa Tribune
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet

Owner Media General
Publisher Denise Palmer
Editor Janet Coats
Founded 1895
Price US$ 0.25 Monday-Saturday
US$ 1.00 Sunday
Headquarters 200 South Parker Street
Tampa, Florida 33606
Flag of the United States United States
Circulation 226,990[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 Coats. The Tampa Tribune also operates Hernando Today and Highlands Today, local offshoots of the Tribune located in Brooksville and Sebring, respectively.

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  1. ^ 2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation (PDF). BurrellesLuce (2007-03-31). Retrieved on 2007-05-29.

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