Tribun Network is a

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in Indonesia owned by Kompas Gramedia. Currently the group has owned 22 local newspapers, which are spread across 24 cities and regencies in Indonesia, and a national newspaper. Tribun Network also maintain its own news portal Tribunnews.com.

History

In the late 1980s, there was an appeal from Department of Information to the major newspapers for helping minor local newspapers which were hampered by the press permit (SIUPP) problem. The government created regulation to cut advertisement space on a newspaper up to 30% of all content if they didn't want to help minor newspapers. In 1987, Kompas Gramedia took over the ownership of ''

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. In the same time, the subsidiary Persda (short for ''Kelompok Pers Daerah'', Regional Press Group) was established under the company name PT Indopersda Primamedia whose initial task was to assist local newspapers that needed assistance. In 1988, Kompas Gramedia took over ''Mimbar Swadaya'' weekly newspaper, whose name was changed to '' Serambi Indonesia'' in

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, as well as the weekly newspaper ''

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(which was founded by the '' Pos Kota'' in 1986) which was later changed to a daily publication. In 1992, Kompas Gramedia took over the ''

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'' daily, and in 1994, the '' Banjarmasin Post''. Persda later strengthened its business by publishing its own regional newspapers in another cities under the ''Tribun'' (Tribune) brand. The first newspaper to held the brand '' Tribun Kaltim'' was first published in 2003 in Balikpapan; followed by ''

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), '' Tribun Jabar'' (

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), and other ''Tribun''-branded newspapers. On 22 March 2010, Persda changed its name to Tribun Network, describing the change as "a transformation from a striking regional image to a national one". The unified Tribunnews.com online portal was also launched. In 2014, Tribun Network published a national-oriented sports newspaper ''Super Ball'' as a spin-off for the football section of its newspaper members. Its online portal, which was originally a subdomain of Tribunnews.com, is currently become subdomain of Bolasport.com.

List of newspapers

Tribunnews.com

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. In January 2019, Tribunnews.com was among the seven Indonesian online media with the highest viewership, and total online media reached 150 million Indonesians, or 56% of the population.

References

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External links

Tribun Network official website

Tribun Network joint news portal
Newspapers published in Indonesia Kompas Gramedia Group