The Tribune (San Luis Obispo)

History

It was created in 1939 from a combination of three newspapers founded between 1869 and 1905, and was later acquired by the E. W. Scripps Company.

On August 7, 1869, the first edition of The Tribune was published in San Luis Obispo, California. Walter Murray was the paper's first editor and co-owner. By 1886, the newspaper was produced above the Chicago Brewery Depot housed at the corner of Chorro and Monterey streets.

In 1926, James A. Easton and R.C. Hoyt sold the San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram and Morning Tribune-Herald to Scripps-Howard Newspapers, also known as the E. W. Scripps Company.

In April 1939, it merged with the Telegram, an anti-saloon newspaper in town, becoming the Telegram-Tribune. The publication later moved from 1240 Morro Street to 1321 Johnson Avenue beginning in 1958, operating there for the next 35 years, before relocating once more to a new building, at 3825 S. Higuera Street, in 1993.

In 1997, Scripps traded the paper, along with The Monterey County Herald, to Knight Ridder in exchange for the Boulder Daily Camera. In 2006, the McClatchy Company purchased Knight Ridder in a deal valued at $4.5 billion*.*

In February 2015, the paper's publisher, Bruce Ray, announced his resignation; Fresno Bee president and publisher Tom Cullinan was named publisher for the paper. In late 2015, along with many other McClatchy newspapers, The Tribune went through a redesign, adopting a companywide design style for both print and online platforms. Ken Riddick was named president and publisher of The Tribune in October 2017.

Effective June 5, 2023, the paper's daily print edition will arrive via the U.S. Mail instead of delivery by a local carrier. In February 2024, the paper announced it will decrease the number of print editions to two a week.

References

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