The Tampa Tribune, published in Tampa, Florida, is one of two major
newspaperA newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s published in the
Tampa BayTampa Bay is a large natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the west central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay."Tampa Bay" is not the name of any municipality...
area, second in circulation and readership to the
St. Petersburg TimesThe St. Petersburg Times is a United States newspaper. It is one of two major publications serving the Tampa Bay Area, the other being The Tampa Tribune, which the Times tops in both circulation and readership. Based in St...
. The paper's
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is "Life. Printed Daily." The
Tribune, as well as the
Richmond Times-DispatchThe Richmond Times-Dispatch is the primary daily newspaper in Richmond the capital of Virginia, United States, and is commonly considered the "newspaper of record" for events occurring in much of the state...
, are the flagship newspapers under the
Media GeneralMedia General, Inc. is a media company based in the Southeastern United States. Its major properties include newspapers such as The Tampa Tribune, the Winston-Salem Journal, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, as well as numerous television stations, such as flagship station WFLA-TV.The company was...
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. To this day, the logo for
The Tampa Times continue to be displayed in the masthead on the front section, as a way for the Tribune to keep its trademark on the
Tampa Times name, and to avoid confusion with the
St. Petersburg Times, which publishes an edition for Tampa. In 2006, it was decided in a lawsuit that the
Tribune can keep its exclusive use of
The Tampa Times name, but only for five years. This exclusivity will end at the end of 2011, allowing the
St. Petersburg Times to rename itself the
Tampa Bay Times, effective January 1, 2012.
In 1966, The Tampa Tribune, along with sister properties
WFLA AMWFLA is an AM radio station in Tampa, Florida, serving the Arbitron Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater market with additional listenership to the east in the adjacent Lakeland-Winter Haven market and to the south in the adjacent Sarasota-Bradenton market...
,
FMWFLZ-FM is a CHR/Pop station broadcasting in the Tampa Bay area, Florida, USA. Before the 1990s, the station played the oldies format before switching to Top 40 to compete against local CHR Q105. The station became 93.3 , and later was re-imaged to 93.3 FLZ...
and
TVWFLA-TV, virtual channel 8, is the NBC-affiliated television station in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida. The station is the flagship station of its owner and operator, Media General. Its transmitter is located in Riverview, Hillsborough County, Florida. WFLA is the only station in the market to be...
, was purchased by Richmond Newspapers, becoming Media General in 1969.
Since 2000, the
Tribune has partnered with
WFLA-TVWFLA-TV, virtual channel 8, is the NBC-affiliated television station in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida. The station is the flagship station of its owner and operator, Media General. Its transmitter is located in Riverview, Hillsborough County, Florida. WFLA is the only station in the market to be...
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
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. In December 2009, executive editor Janet Coats left the paper. She has not been replaced yet.
The Tampa Tribune also operates
Hernando TodayHernando Today is a daily newspaper based in Brooksville, Florida covering Hernando County....
and
Highlands TodayHighlands Today is a Media General-owned newspaper published in Sebring, Florida. It is associated with The Tampa Tribune; Copies of the Tribune distributed in Highlands County, Florida include the supplement, which focuses on issues relevant to Sebring, Avon Park, Lake Placid, and other...
, local offshoots of the
Tribune located in
BrooksvilleBrooksville is an incorporated city in Hernando County, Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Hernando County. It is a suburban city included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
and
SebringSebring is a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States, nicknamed "The City on the Circle", in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District...
, respectively.
The Tampa Tribune also published a
Sunday magazineA Sunday magazine is a publication inserted into a Sunday newspaper. It also has been known as a Sunday supplement, Sunday newspaper magazine or Sunday magazine section...
,
Florida Accent, during the 1960s-1970s.
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