The ''Bay City Tribune'' is a newspaper based in Bay City,

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

, covering the Matagorda County area. It publishes twice a week, on Wednesday and Sunday. It is owned by

Southern Newspapers Southern Newspapers Inc. (SNI) is a publishing holding company headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company was founded as Southern Newspapers, Inc., of Tennessee in 1967 by Carmage Walls. Its flagship paper, the ''Galveston County Daily News'' is ...

. The ''Tribune'' is the second-oldest newspaper in Texas. Established on August 23, 1845 as a weekly, the newspaper moved from Matagorda to Bay City when the location of the county seat was changed in 1894. It was published as both a daily and weekly from 1904–1959, when the weekly ceased publication. The newspaper converted to twice-weekly publication in 2002. Carey Smith Sr. bought the ''Tribune'' in 1919 and owned it until his death in 1937. He was succeeded by son Carey Smith Jr., who led the paper until it was bought by

in 1958. Southern president Glenn J. Sedam then became publisher, a position he held until 1981. The ''Tribune'' received the Texas Press Association's general excellence award in 1968 for newspapers under 25,000 circulation.

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Bay City Tribune
Texas Press Association
1975-75 TPA president, Bay City publisher dies
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