The Tribune (San Luis Obispo)

The Tribune
TypeSemiweekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
OwnerThe McClatchy Company
PublisherTim Ritchey
EditorJoe Tarica
FoundedAugust 7, 1869 (August 7, 1869)[1]
Headquarters3940-7 Broad St. PMB 325, San Luis Obispo, California, 93401
Circulation16,125 Daily
17,518 Sunday (as of 2020)[2]
ISSN2996-6922
Websitesanluisobispo.com

The Tribune is a semiweekly broadsheet newspaper and news website that covers San Luis Obispo County, California. It is the successor to the Morning Tribune, Daily Telegram and Morning Herald. The Tribune previously published two weeklies, The Cambrian of Cambria and The Sun Bulletin of Morro Bay.

History

On August 7, 1869, the first edition of The Tribune was published in San Luis Obispo, California. Walter Murray was the paper's first editor and co-owner.[3][4] At that time Murray was district attorney and published out of a adobe cottage at 721 Monterey Street. H.S. Rembaugh was employed as printer.[5]

In October 1871, Murray sold the paper to James J. Ayers,[6] but it was returned to him after three months.[7] In April 1872, Murray sold out again, this time to Rembaugh.[8] In 1874, O.F. Thornton became editor and purchased a half-interest.[9] In 1878, Rembaugh and Thornton sold the Tribune to J.K. Tuley and W.W. Walters Jr., who hired George B. Staniford as editor.[9] Staniford bought a third-interest.[9]

In January 1883, Tuley and Staniford sold the Tribune to Myron Angel and Charles Maxwell.[10] In February 1885, W.H. McEwen bought out Maxwell,[11] who in turn was bought out by Benjamin H. Brooks in September 1885.[12] By 1886, the Tribune was produced above the Chicago Brewery Depot housed at the corner of Chorro and Monterey streets.[13]

In February 1905, C.A. Black founded the Daily Telegram in San Luis Obispo.[14][15] In March 1912, C.L. Day, former owner of the Long Beach Press, purchased the Daily Telegram.[16][17] Brooks edited the Tribune until 1922.[18] In 1923, C.L. Day bought the Morning Herald from John A. Rollins.[19] In 1924, Day sold the Daily Telegram to James A. Easton and R.C. Hoyt and a few months later Day bought the Porterville Recorder.[20] In 1925, Brooks sold the Morning Tribune to Easton and Hoyt who then merged it with the Morning Herald to form the Morning Tribune-Herald.[21][22]

In 1926, Easton and Hoyt sold the San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram and Morning Tribune-Herald to Scripps-Howard Newspapers, also known as the E. W. Scripps Company.[23] On April 17, 1939, the Telegram and Tribune were consolidated to form the Telegram-Tribune.[24] In June 1940, John P. Scripps Newspaper Group acquired the paper.[25] In 1958, the publication moved from 1240 Morro Street to 1321 Johnson Avenue,[26] operating there for the next 35 years.[27]

In 1986, John P. Scripps merged with E. W. Scripps Company.[28] In 1993, the Telegram-Tribune moved to a new building at 3825 S. Higuera Street.[27] In 1997, Scripps traded the paper, along with The Monterey County Herald, to Knight Ridder in exchange for the Boulder Daily Camera.[29][30] In 1999, the paper was renamed to The Tribune.[31] In 2006, the McClatchy Company purchased Knight Ridder in a deal valued at $4.5 billion.[32]

In February 2015, the paper's publisher, Bruce Ray, announced his resignation; Fresno Bee president and publisher Tom Cullinan was named publisher for the paper.[33] In late 2015, along with many other McClatchy newspapers, The Tribune went through a redesign, adopting a companywide design style for both print and online platforms. Ken Riddick was named president and publisher of The Tribune in October 2017.[34]

Effective June 5, 2023, the paper's daily print edition will arrive via the U.S. Mail instead of delivery by a local carrier.[35] In February 2024, the paper announced it will decrease the number of print editions to two a week.[36]

References

  1. ^ Middlecamp, David (August 7, 2019). "Soldier, lawyer, vigilante: Meet the man who founded The Tribune 150 years ago". The Tribune (San Luis Obispo). Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "McClatchy | Markets". November 4, 2021. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Our Programme". San Luis Obispo Tribune. August 7, 1869. p. 2.
  4. ^ Krieger, Daniel E.; et al. (San Luis Obispo County Historical Society) (1988). San Luis Obispo County: Looking Backward Into the Middle Kingdom. Windsor Publications, Inc. p. 139. ISBN 0-89781-233-6.
  5. ^ Turner, William B. (August 6, 1931). "Birthplace of Pioneer Paper Still Stands | Historic Adobe, Once Home of Old Tribune, Is Now Apartment House". Morning Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Retires". Santa Barbara Weekly Press. October 7, 1871. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Notice". The Ventura Signal. Ventura, California. January 20, 1872. p. 2.
  8. ^ Rembaugh, H.S. (April 20, 1872). "Salutatory". San Luis Obispo Tribune. p. 2.
  9. ^ a b c "History of Old Tribune Colorful". Morning Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. August 6, 1931. p. 1.
  10. ^ "Newspaper Changes". Santa Maria Times. January 20, 1883. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Sentinel Jottings". Santa Cruz Sentinel. February 10, 1885. p. 3.
  12. ^ "Notice". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 1, 1885. p. 4.
  13. ^ Middlecamp, David (2016). San Luis Obispo County: The 1950s, '60s and '70s (Volume Two ed.). Canada: Pediment Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59725-677-3.
  14. ^ "Another Daily Paper | C.A. Black of San Miguel Will Embark in Business Filling "Long Felt Want" in San Luis Obispo". Morning Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. February 9, 1905. p. 1.
  15. ^ "New Paper Launched | Daily Telegram, Published by C.A. Black, Makes Its Appearance on Washington's Birthday". Morning Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. February 23, 1905. p. 1.
  16. ^ "Local Paragraphs". The Santa Maria Times. March 30, 1912. p. 5.
  17. ^ "Scribe Back Again". Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. September 30, 1912. p. 5.
  18. ^ "47 years he guided Tribune". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. p. 18.
  19. ^ "San Luis Obispo Paper Is Sold". Bakersfield Morning Echo. December 6, 1923. p. 1.
  20. ^ "Porterville Newspaper Sold To C.L. Day Former San Luis Obispo Editor". The Fresno Morning Republican. August 23, 1924. p. 6.
  21. ^ "Tribune Is Purchased By Herald Publishing Co". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. p. 1.
  22. ^ "San Luis Obispo Paper Sold". The Morning Press. Santa Barbara, California. Associated Press. October 25, 1925. p. 1.
  23. ^ "Easton Sells Paper in California City". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. April 26, 1926. p. 4.
  24. ^ "Chronology of San Luis Obispo newspapers". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. August 7, 1969. p. 18.
  25. ^ "John P. Scripp Buys San Luis Newspaper". Santa Barbara News-Press. International News Service. June 18, 1940. p. 3.
  26. ^ "Telegram-Tribune Moving Day!". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. September 6, 1958. p. 1.
  27. ^ a b Fairbanks, Jeff (May 11, 1993). "Growing into the future". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. p. 23.
  28. ^ "Scripps companies sign merger pact". Record Searchlight. Redding, California. March 14, 1986. p. 10.
  29. ^ Lyons, Silas (July 26, 1997). "T-T changing owners in 5-paper deal". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. p. 1.
  30. ^ Roberts, Gene; Kunkel, Thomas; Layton, Charles, eds. (2001). Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1610752325.
  31. ^ "San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune ([San Luis Obispo, Calif.]) 1993-1999". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  32. ^ Kasler, Dale (June 27, 2006). "McClatchy launches a new era | Knight Ridder shareholders confirm deal that boosts size, and stakes, for Bee's owner". The Sacramento Bee. p. 1.
  33. ^ Duerr, Sandra (February 13, 2015). "Tribune publisher Bruce Ray resigns". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  34. ^ Fresno Bee staff. "Modesto Bee president named new publisher of The Tribune". SanLuisObispo.com. San Luis Obispo, California: Fresno Bee. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  35. ^ Tarcia, Joe (April 5, 2023). "To our readers: Two changes are coming to The Tribune". SanLuisObispo.com. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  36. ^ Friedman, Josh (February 9, 2024). "SLO Tribune cutting back print newspaper to 2 days a week". Cal Coast News. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
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