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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Forum Communications |
| Publisher | Neal Ronquist[1] |
| Editor | Rick Lubbers[2] |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Language | American English |
| Headquarters | 424 W. First St. Duluth, Minnesota 55802 |
| City | Duluth |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 22,695 (as of 2024)[3] |
| ISSN | 0896-9418 |
| OCLC number | 17221576 |
| Website | duluthnewstribune |
TheDuluth News Tribune (known locally asThe Tribune orDNT) is a newspaper based inDuluth, Minnesota. While circulation is heaviest in theTwin Ports metropolitan area, delivery extends into northeastern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and Michigan'sUpper Peninsula.[2] The paper has a limited distribution inThunder Bay,Ontario.[2] TheNews Tribune has been owned byForum Communications since 2006.
The present incarnation of theDuluth News Tribune is the outcome of the merger and takeover of several earlier publications. Duluth's first weekly newspaper,The Duluth Minnesotian, was first published by Dr. Thomas Preston Foster, an editor of theSt. Paul Minnesotian, on April 24, 1869.[4][5] After a year ofThe Duluth Minnesotian publishing unfavorable articles about city services and local politics, Duluth's Mayor Joshua Carter and local investorJay Cooke invited the owner ofSuperior, Wisconsin'sSuperior Tribune to move his paper across the canal to Duluth.[5] This owner, Robert C. Mitchell, published the renamedDuluth Tribune on May 4, 1870.[6] TheDuluth Tribune was soon renamed theDuluth Daily Tribune.[7] Meanwhile,The Duluth Minnesotian merged with another local newspaper, theDuluth Weekly Herald, to becomeThe Duluth Minnesotian-Herald in 1875,[8] later dropping "Minnesotian" to become an evening paper,The Duluth Herald.[9]
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The firstNews-Tribune was created as a result of the merger of theDuluth Tribune and another daily paper, theDuluth News in 1892. In 1929, this morning paper was purchased byThe Duluth Herald. Ridder Publications, later renamedKnight Ridder Inc., bought both papers in 1936.[2] The pair were merged in 1982 to form theNews-Tribune & Herald, shortened simply toDuluth News-Tribune in 1988.[2] In 2000, the hyphen was omitted, leavingDuluth News Tribune as the paper's title.[2]
In 2006,The McClatchy Company purchased Knight Ridder Inc., acquiring theDuluth News Tribune in the process.[10] The McClatchy Company decided to sell 12 of Knight Ridder's 32 daily newspapers, including theDuluth News Tribune and Minneapolis'Star Tribune, due to a company acquisition philosophy limiting purchases to "newspapers in fast-growing markets."[10]Forum Communications, a Fargo-based media firm, announced the purchase of theNews Tribune on June 7, 2006.[11] Forum Communications publishes a number of newspapers in the region, includingThe Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, theRochester Post Bulletin and theGrand Forks Herald.
TheDuluth News Tribune is available daily in an on-line form, and is printed twice weekly for mail delivery on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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