East Valley Tribune

Infobox Newspaper
name = East Valley Tribune


caption = The 2008-10-09 front page of the
"East Valley Tribune"
type = Daily newspaper
format = Tabloid
foundation = 1891
ceased publication =
price =
owners = Freedom Communications
publisher = Julie Moreno
editor =
language =
circulation = 102,406 Daily
86,507 Sunday [cite web |url=http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2006_Top_100List.pdf |title=2006 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by circulation |accessdate=2007-03-01 |date=2006-03-31 |format=PDF |publisher=Burrelles"Luce"]
headquarters = 120 W. 1st Avenue
Mesa, AZ 85210
USA
ISSN =
website = [http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ EastValleyTribune.com]

The "East Valley Tribune" is a daily newspaper serving the East Valley region of metropolitan Phoenix, including Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Queen Creek, and other surrounding areas.

It resulted from the combination of local newspapers acquired by Cox Enterprises: The "Tempe Daily News", the "Mesa Tribune", the "Scottsdale Progress", and the "Chandler Arizonan". The East Valley Tribune is now owned by Freedom Communications of Irvine, California, parent company of the "Orange County Register".

History

In 1891, Mesa's first newspaper, the Evening Weekly Free Press, was founded by attorney Alfred P. Shewman and Judge W.D. Morton. In 1899, Judge W.D. Morton sold out to Shewman, who died in 1901. Frank T. Pomeroy and Harry D. Haines bought the paper in 1910 and converted into a daily publication, The Evening Press. In 1911, the paper was sold and in 1913 became the Mesa Daily Tribune. In 1925 the paper was renamed the Mesa Daily Journal. In 1928 it was published as the Daily Mesa Evening Journal. In 1932 Southside Publishing Company, a corporation of Mesa and Chandler businessmen, acquired ownership. Over the next 7 years stock was purchased by P.R. Mitten and his son, Charles. In 1939 Charles Mitten bought out his father's share. Mitten began printing the paper 5 days a week after WWII under the name of the Mesa Daily Tribune. In 1950 Mitten sold the Tribune to David W. Calvert. In 1952, the Tribune Publishing Company was incorporated. On January 26, 1956, the Tribune publishing plant on Macdonald Street was destroyed by fire and opened five months later at 120 W. 1st Avenue, where it remains today. In 1977, Cox Enterprises of Atlanta, GA, purchased the Tribune from Calvert. Cox Newspapers purchased the Tempe Daily News in 1980, the Chandler Arizonan in 1983, started the Gilbert Tribune in 1990, and purchased the Scottsdale Progress in 1993. Cox Newspapers sold its newspaper holdings to Thomson Newspapers in December, 1996 and in May 1997, under the leadership of its published, Karen Wittmer, all five newspapers were combined into one newspaper, The Tribune, serving eastern Maricopa County with a Scottsdale edition serving its northern communities. In December 1997, the Daily News-Sun in Sun City, Arizona, and the Ahwatukee Foothills News, on the southeastern border of Phoenix, in November 1998, joined the Tribune as part of its Phoenix SMG (Strategic Marketing Group). In December 1999, the Tribune was renamed the East Valley Tribune and in August, 2000, Thomson Newspapers sold its newspaper holdings to Freedom Communications, Inc. of Irvine, Calif. On Oct. 6, 2008, publisher Julie Moreno announced that newspaper would cease publishing in Scottsdale and Tempe in 2009 and publish only four days a week in the remainder of its circulation area at that time. More than 140 staff members' jobs were eliminated with the move. cite web|url=http://www.freedom.com/newspapers/evtrib.html|title=Freedom Communications Community Newspapers: East Valley Tribune & Scottsdale Tribune|publisher=Freedom Communications, Inc.|accessdate=2006-12-15]

References

External links

* [http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ "East Valley Tribune" official site]