Kokomo Tribune

Infobox Newspaper
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caption = The July 27, 2005 front page
of the "Kokomo Tribune"
type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = October 30, 1850
owners = Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
publisher = Robyn McCloskey
editor = Jeff Kovaleski
price = USD .50 daily
headquarters = 300 North Union Street, Kokomo, Indiana 46901 USA
circulation = 21,908 daily [ [http://www.cnhi-can.com/circulation CNHI-CAN Circulation] , figures for an undetermined date, accessed January 17, 2007.]
website = [http://www.kokomotribune.com kokomotribune.com]
The "Kokomo Tribune" is based in downtown Kokomo, Indiana, USA. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.

An award-winning daily newspaper, the "Tribune" was cited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation for the nation's highest market penetration for eight years in the 1970s; honored with the state's Century Business Award in 1994; and, more recently, a 2006 Suburban Newspaper Association award for "best online initiative," a nod to [http://www.kokomotribune.com kokomotribune.com] 's video, audio and audio slide shows. [http://www.kokomotribune.com/aboutus/local_story_297204554.html Kokomo Tribune: About Us] , accessed January 18, 2007.]

The paper's marketing slogan is "Positively, Part of Your Life."

History

The "Tribune" can trace its history back to October 1850, when the weekly "Howard Tribune" was founded in Kokomo to cover Howard County, Indiana. T.C. Philips (owner, 1856-1878) was credited with raising the paper's quality and rebuilding it after an 1862 tornado. Between 1897 and 1981, the paper among the state's most influential, under ownership by the Kautz-Blacklidge family, until publisher Kent Blacklidge sold it to Thomson Corporation. In 2000, Thomson sold the "Tribune" to CNHI, which owns several other Indiana newspapers.

In 1989, "The Kokomo Perspective" began publishing in Kokomo as a weekly competitor to the "Tribune," and has now surpassed the "Tribune" in circulation [http://www.echo-media.com/MediaDetailNP.asp?IDNumber=12831 Echo Media: Perspective] , accessed December 12, 2007.] [http://www.echo-media.com/MediaDetailNP.asp?IDNumber=2122 Echo Media: Tribune] , accessed December 12, 2007.] .

External links

* [http://www.kokomotribune.com/ "Kokomo Tribune" Website]
* [http://www.cnhi.com/ CNHI Website]

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