Trib Publications is a regional newspaper chain based in

Manchester, Georgia Manchester is a town in Meriwether and Talbot counties in the U.S. state of Georgia, although primarily in Meriwether. The population was 3,584 at the 2020 census, down from 4,230 in 2010. It is the most populous community in Meriwether County ...

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.(13 November 1996)
Oakley will manage paper in Bessemer
''Tuscaloosa News'' Trib Publications was started by Robert Tribble in 1968. Tribble, previously the editor of the local

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''Manchester Mercury'', bought three small weeklies, the ''Harris County Journal'', ''Meriwether Vindicator'' and ''Talbotton New Era'' with a total circulation of 3,500. In 1976 he bought his former paper, by then called the ''Manchester Star-Mercury''. By 1984 he had 15 papers, which grew to 30 by 1995.Riordan, Tom
"Robert E. Tribble Trib Publications Manchester, Ga"
''

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'', Vol. 128, No. 33 , August 19, 1995 Some of Trib's earliest Georgia acquisitions were sold in 1999 to another small paper aggregator, Millard B. Grimes of

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's Grimes Publications. Trib re-acquired these properties from Grimes in 2011. Among Trib's other papers is ''The Western Star'', a weekly in

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. The ''Star'' was established in 1984,Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory, Volume 5
p. 9939 (1999) but its predecessor titles go back to 1887 (''Bessemer Advertiser'' 1949–1990, ''Tribune-Advertiser'' 1930–1949, ''Bessemer Advertiser'' 1920–1930, ''Bessemer Weekly'' 1889–1920, ''The Bessemer'' 1887–1889). As of 1995, its circulation was 9,500, at that time the largest circulation among Trib's papers; the circulation has since dropped to less than 3,000. The ''Stars offices in Charleston House are on the

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as part of the Downtown Bessemer Historic District. Trib Publications sold the ''Western Star'' to Bibb County Media, non-profit operators of a news website in nearby

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, in March 2022. Then in September 2024, the ''Birmingham Business Journal'' reported that the ''Star'' had been sold to John Allan Clark, who also publishes ''The Greensboro Watchman'' in Hale County and the ''Times-Standard-Herald'' in Perry County. Trib has continued to acquire new properties, buying the ''Houston Home Journal'' of

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in 2014.Lopez, Andres David
"Houston Home Journal sold to Trib Publications"
, ''

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'', April 1, 2014. Among Trib Publications' properties are: * The Centreville Press in Centreville,

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* The Marion Times-Standard in

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, Alabama * The Adel News Tribune in Adel,

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* The Berrien Press in

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, Georgia * The Camilla Enterprise in Camilla, Georgia * The Citizen-Georgian in Montezuma, Georgia * The Fayette County News in

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, Georgia * The Harris County Journal in

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, Georgia * The Hogansville Herald in Hogansville, Georgia * The Houston Home Journal in

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, Georgia * The Lanier County News in Lakeland, Georgia * The Leader Tribune in Fort Valley, Georgia * The Manchester Star-Mercury in Manchester, Georgia * The Meriwether Vindicator in Greenville, Georgia * The News Observer in Vienna, Georgia * The Plus in Sandersville, Georgia. * The Quitman Free Press in Quitman, Georgia * The Sandersville Progress in Sandersville, Georgia * The Sparta Ishmaelite in Sparta, Georgia * The Talbotton New Era in Talbotton, Georgia * The Today in Peachtree City in Fayetteville, Georgia * The Wiregrass Farmer in Ashburn, Georgia * The Wrightsville Headlight in Wrightsville, Georgia * The Polk County News Journal in Columbus,

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* The Yancey Common Times Journal in Burnsville, North Carolina * The Advertizer-Herald in Bamberg,

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* The Holly Hill Observer in Holly Hill, South Carolina * The Keowee Courier in Walhalla, South Carolina * The Lake Community Buyer's Guide in Santee, South Carolina * The Landrum News Leader in Landrum, South Carolina * The Santee Striper in Santee, South Carolina * The Westminster News in Westminster, South Carolina

References

{{reflist Newspaper companies of the United States Companies based in Meriwether County, Georgia 1968 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)