''The Tribune'' is an American

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

published Mondays through Saturdays in

Seymour, Indiana Seymour is a city in Jackson County, Indiana, United States. Its population was 21,569 at the 2020 census. The city is noted for its location at the intersection of two major north–south and east–west railroads, which cross each other in th ...

. It is owned by

AIM Media Indiana AIM Media Indiana (formerly Home News Enterprises) is an American printer and publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, based in Columbus, Indiana. Its flagship newspaper is '' The Republic'' in Columbus, and its other newspaper holdings also c ...

. It covers the city of Seymour and all of

Jackson County, Indiana Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 42,376. The county seat is Brownstown. History Jackson County was formed in 1816. It was named after General Andrew Jackson. Jackson County was ...

History

Founded as the ''Seymour Daily Republican'' in 1885, the newspaper adopted the name ''Seymour Daily Tribune'' in 1920, shortening it to ''The Tribune'' on September 10, 1994. More recently, the newspaper was owned by

Freedom Communications Freedom Communications, Inc., was an American media conglomerate that operated daily and weekly newspapers, websites and mobile applications, as well as ''Coast Magazine'' and other specialty publications. Headquartered at 625 N. Grand Avenue in ...

, based in

Orange County, California Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, a ...

, at one point the 12th largest media conglomerate in the United States. Freedom declared bankruptcy in 2009 and, over the next three years, sold all of its television stations and its newspapers east of the

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, including ''The Tribune''. ''The Tribune'' buyer was

Home News Enterprises AIM Media Indiana (formerly Home News Enterprises) is an American printer and publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, based in Columbus, Indiana. Its flagship newspaper is '' The Republic'' in Columbus, and its other newspaper holdings also c ...

, a family business based in

Columbus, Indiana Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 50,474 at the 2020 census. The relatively small city has provided a unique place for noted Modern architecture and public art, commissio ...

, in Bartholomew County, which adjoins Jackson County to the north. Freedom Communications CEO Mitch Stern called the sale "a natural evolution in a trusted relationship", noting that Home News had been printing ''The Tribune'' under contract at its Columbus presses since 2008.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tribune Seymour Jackson County, Indiana Newspapers published in Indiana Publications established in 1885 1885 establishments in Indiana