The ''Tribune-Star'' is a seven-day morning
daily newspaper
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based in
Terre Haute, Indiana
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, covering the
Wabash Valley
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area of
Indiana
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and
Illinois
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. It is owned by
Community Newspaper Holdings
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Counties within the newspaper's coverage areas include
Clay
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,
Greene
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*Greene, Indiana, an unincorporated community
*Greene, Iowa, a city
*Greene, Maine, a town
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,
Parke,
Sullivan,
Vermillion
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and
Vigo
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counties, Indiana, and
Clark
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,
Crawford
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* Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Ontario
United Kingdom
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and
Edgar
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counties, Illinois.
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History
The ''Tribune'' was founded in December 1894, with Republican George B. Lockwood among its co-founders. James Solomon Barcus bought the paper in 1902. In 1904, Barcus also bought the ''Terre Haute Gazette'' (which dated to around 1869) and merged it into the ''Tribune''. (The combined paper was known, at least briefly, as the ''Tribune-Gazette''.)
The ''Star'' was founded in August 1903 and was bought by the owners of the ''Tribune'' in 1931. (The ''Terre Haute Post'', founded in 1906, was acquired by the ''Star'' in 1929.)
A 230-day strike shut down both the ''Tribune'' and ''Star'' in 1964-65.
The ''Tribune'' and ''Star'' were sold to Ingersoll Publications
21st Century Media was an American media company. It was the successor of Ingersoll Publications and Journal Register Company, and it was succeeded by Digital First Media.
The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 comm ...
in late 1982. Prior to the sale, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology owned a controlling interest in the papers. In May 1983, the morning ''Star'' and afternoon ''Tribune'' were merged to become the morning-published ''Tribune-Star'', part of the nationwide trend of the period away from afternoon papers.
In 1990, Ingersoll sold a number of papers including the ''Tribune-Star'' to Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies. It was established in 1989 following a merger between International Thomson Organisation Ltd (ITOL) and Thomson Newspapers. In 2008, it purchased Reuters Group to fo ...
. In 2000, Community purchased the ''Tribune-Star'' and 16 other papers from Thomson, as a part of Thompson's exit from the U.S. newspaper business.
References
External links
TribStar.com
CNHI Website
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Newspapers published in Indiana
Mass media in Terre Haute, Indiana