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{{Short description|Newspaper in Medford, Oregon}}
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{{Infobox Newspaper
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Mail Tribune
| name = Mail Tribune
| logo = Mail Tribune (2019-10-31).svg
| logo = Mail Tribune (2019-10-31).svg
| image = Mail Tribune front page.jpg
| image = Mail Tribune front page.jpg
| caption =
| caption =
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| foundation = April 2, 1907
| foundation = April 2, 1907
| ceased publication =
| ceased publication = January 13, 2023
| price =
| price =
| owners = Rosebud Media LLC
| owners = Rosebud Media LLC
| publisher = Steven Saslow<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://mailtribune.com/business/mail-tribune-is-back-in-local-hands |title=Mail Tribune is back in local hands |last=Stiles |first=Greg |date=June 6, 2017 |work=Mail Tribune |access-date=November 8, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
| publisher = Steven Saslow (2017–2023)<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://mailtribune.com/business/mail-tribune-is-back-in-local-hands |title=Mail Tribune is back in local hands |last=Stiles |first=Greg |date=June 6, 2017 |work=Mail Tribune |access-date=January 14, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109024733/http://mailtribune.com/business/mail-tribune-is-back-in-local-hands |archive-date=November 9, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| editor = Justin Umberson
| editor = David Smigelski
| language =
| language = [[English language|English]]
| political =
| political = Center
| circulation = 17,138 weekday, 20,505 Sunday
| circulation = 17,138 weekday, 20,505 Sunday
(need citation)
| headquarters = 111 North Fir Street, [[Medford, Oregon]] 97501 [[United States]]
| ISSN =
| headquarters = 111 North Fir Street, [[Medford, Oregon]] 97501 United States
| website = {{URL|mailtribune.com}}
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| website = {{URL|mailtribune.com}}
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The '''''Mail Tribune''''' is a seven-day [[daily newspaper]] based in [[Medford, Oregon]], United States that serves [[Jackson County, Oregon]], and adjacent areas of [[Josephine County, Oregon]] and northern [[California]].
The '''''Mail Tribune''''' was a seven-day [[daily newspaper]] based in [[Medford, Oregon]], United States that served [[Jackson County, Oregon]], and adjacent areas of [[Josephine County, Oregon]] and northern [[California]].


The paper ceased operations on January 13, 2023. The closure was announced by [[Rosebud Media]], the paper's owner, two days prior.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Steven |last=Saslow |title=Mail Tribune to cease operations Friday |url=https://www.mailtribune.com/general-alert/2023/01/11/mail-tribune-to-cease-operations/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |work=Mail Tribune |date=January 11, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111232658/https://www.mailtribune.com/general-alert/2023/01/11/mail-tribune-to-cease-operations/ |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=GARY A. WARNER Oregon Capital |title=Medford newspaper - state's fifth largest - suddenly shuts down. |url=https://www.oregoncapitalinsider.com/news/medford-newspaper---states-fifth-largest---suddenly-shuts-down/article_4ce3ba46-93d8-11ed-afd3-b36ab0f7ce3f.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Oregon Capital Insider |language=en}}</ref>
Its coverage area centers on Medford and [[Ashland, Oregon|Ashland]] and includes many small communities in Jackson County. The newspaper also covers [[Central Point, Oregon|Central Point]], [[Talent, Oregon|Talent]], [[Eagle Point, Oregon|Eagle Point]], [[Grants Pass, Oregon|Grants Pass]] and [[Phoenix, Oregon|Phoenix]], as well as [[Jacksonville, Oregon|Jacksonville]] and other cities in the [[Rogue Valley]].

Its coverage area centered on Medford and [[Ashland, Oregon|Ashland]] and included many small communities in Jackson County. The newspaper also covered [[Central Point, Oregon|Central Point]], [[Talent, Oregon|Talent]], [[Eagle Point, Oregon|Eagle Point]], [[Grants Pass, Oregon|Grants Pass]] and [[Phoenix, Oregon|Phoenix]], as well as [[Jacksonville, Oregon|Jacksonville]] and other cities in the [[Rogue Valley]].


==History==
==History==
[[George Putnam (editor)|George Putnam]] bought the ''Medford Tribune'' and two smaller weekly newspapers on April 2, 1907. In 1910, he purchased the ''Medford Mail'' and combined it with the ''Tribune'' to create the ''MailTribune''.<ref name=OE>{{cite web |url= http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/putnam_george_1872_1961_ |title= George Putnam (1872-1961) |publisher= [[The Oregon Encyclopedia]] |access-date= November 14, 2014}}</ref> He later sold the paper in order to purchase the Salem ''[[Capital Journal (Oregon)|Capital Journal]]''.<ref name=OE/>
[[George Putnam (editor)|George Putnam]] bought the ''Medford Tribune'' and two smaller weekly newspapers on April 2, 1907. In 1910, he purchased the ''Medford Mail'' and combined it with the ''Tribune'' to create the ''Mail Tribune''.<ref name=OE>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/putnam_george_1872_1961_ |title= George Putnam (1872-1961) |encyclopedia= [[The Oregon Encyclopedia]] |access-date= November 14, 2014}}</ref> He later sold the paper in order to purchase the Salem ''[[Capital Journal (Oregon)|Capital Journal]]''.<ref name=OE/>

The ''Mail Tribune'' was awarded the [[1934 Pulitzer Prize]] for Meritorious Service, for its coverage of corrupt Jackson County politicians.<ref>Kay Atwood and Dennis J. Gray (2003; revised and updated 2014). [http://oregonhistoryproject.org/narratives/as-long-as-the-world-goes-on-the-land-and-people-of-southwest-oregon/boom-and-bust/political-turmoil-in-the-1930s/ Boom and Bust: Political Turmoil in the 1930s]. ''The Oregon History Project''. [[Oregon Historical Society]].</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|last=LaLande|first=Jeff|url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/ruhl_robert_1880_1967_/|title = Robert Ruhl (1880-1967)|encyclopedia=[[The Oregon Encyclopedia]]}}</ref>

[[Ottaway Community Newspapers|Ottaway]] Newspapers, the predecessor of [[Local Media Group]] purchased the Medford paper in 1973, and also owned the nearby ''[[Ashland Daily Tidings]]''.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19730713&id=DDpYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5307,1168208 "Changes at the helms"] (editorial). ''[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]]'' (Bend, Oregon). July 13, 1973, p. 4.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Good news for small papers |first=Michelle V. |last=Rafter |work=Oregon Business |date=January 31, 2009| url=https://www.oregonbusiness.com/100best/item/3799-good-news-for-small-papers }}</ref> The company was purchased by [[Dow Jones & Company|Dow Jones]], owner of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]].'' Dow Jones was acquired by [[News Corp]].owned by [[Rupert Murdoch]]

On September 4, 2013, [[News Corp (2013–present)|News Corp]] announced that it would sell the Dow Jones Local Media Group to Newcastle Investment Corp., an affiliate of [[Fortress Investment Group]] for $87 million. The newspapers were to be operated by [[GateHouse Media]], owned by Fortress.

News Corp. CEO and former ''Wall Street Journal'' editor [[Robert James Thomson]] indicated that the newspapers were "not strategically consistent with the emerging portfolio" of the company.<ref name="nybj-djlmgsale">{{cite news|title=News Corp. sells 33 papers to New York investors|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2013/09/04/news-corp-sells-dow-jones-local-media.html|date=September 4, 2013|work=New York Business Journal|access-date=4 September 2013}}</ref> GateHouse in turn filed prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 27, 2013, to restructure its debt obligations in order to accommodate the acquisition.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-27/gatehouse-files-for-bankruptcy-as-part-of-fortress-plan.html | date=September 27, 2013 | publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] | title=GateHouse Files for Bankruptcy as Part of Fortress Plan}}</ref>


The ''Mail Tribune'' and ''[[Ashland Daily Tidings]]'' were sold to Rosebud Media in 2017 for a reported $15 million.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Stiles| first = Greg| title = Updated: Mail Tribune and Daily Tidings sold to Rosebud Media| date = January 31, 2017 | work = Mail Tribune | access-date = 2023-01-14| url = http://www.mailtribune.com/news/20170131/updated-mail-tribune-and-daily-tidings-sold-to-rosebud-media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203001007/http://www.mailtribune.com/news/20170131/updated-mail-tribune-and-daily-tidings-sold-to-rosebud-media |archive-date=February 3, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=New Media Completes the Acquisition of the Ohio Publishing Division of Wooster Republican Printing Company for $21.2 Million and Announces the Sale of the Medford, Oregon Mail Tribune for $15.0 Million |date=January 31, 2017 |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170131006405/en/New-Media-Completes-Acquisition-Ohio-Publishing-Division |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116063604/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170131006405/en/New-Media-Completes-Acquisition-Ohio-Publishing-Division |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The ''Mail Tribune'' was awarded the [[1934 Pulitzer Prize]] for Meritorious Service, for its coverage of corrupt Jackson County politicians.<ref>Kay Atwood and Dennis J. Gray (2003; revised and updated 2014). [http://oregonhistoryproject.org/narratives/as-long-as-the-world-goes-on-the-land-and-people-of-southwest-oregon/boom-and-bust/political-turmoil-in-the-1930s/ Boom and Bust: Political Turmoil in the 1930s]. ''The Oregon History Project''. [[Oregon Historical Society]].</ref><ref>https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/ruhl_robert_1880_1967_/</ref>


On September 21, 2022, the Mail Tribune announced it would discontinue its printed edition and only publish online.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aldous |first=Vickie |title=Mail Tribune moving to online-only format |url=https://www.mailtribune.com/top-stories/2022/09/20/mail-tribune-moving-to-online-only-format/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |work=Mail Tribune |date=September 20, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922003527/https://www.mailtribune.com/top-stories/2022/09/20/mail-tribune-moving-to-online-only-format/ |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Oregon newspaper Mail Tribune in Medford will stop printing at end of month |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2022/09/oregon-newspaper-mail-tribune-in-medford-will-stop-printing-at-end-of-month.html |access-date=October 23, 2022 |work=[[OregonLive]] |agency=The Associated Press |date=September 21, 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925114610/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2022/09/oregon-newspaper-mail-tribune-in-medford-will-stop-printing-at-end-of-month.html |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Mail Tribune'' published its final online articles on January 13, 2023, and ceased operations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Neumann |first=Erik |date=January 11, 2013 |title=Medford Mail Tribune announces it will close Friday |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/11/medford-mail-tribune-oregon-newspaper-news-journalism/ |work=Oregon Public Broadcasting |accessdate=January 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=January 12, 2023 |title=Oregon paper closing after more than century of publishing |url=https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-paper-medford-mail-tribune-closing-after-more-than-century-of-publishing/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |publisher=[[KOIN]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
The predecessor of [[Local Media Group]] purchased the Medford paper in 1973, and also owned the nearby ''[[Ashland Daily Tidings]]''.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19730713&id=DDpYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5307,1168208 "Changes at the helms"] (editorial). ''[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]]'' (Bend, Oregon). July 13, 1973, p. 4.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Good news for small papers |first=Michelle V. |last=Rafter |work=Oregon Business |date=January 31, 2009| url=https://www.oregonbusiness.com/100best/item/3799-good-news-for-small-papers }}</ref> On September 4, 2013, [[News Corp (2013–present)|News Corp]] announced that it would sell the Dow Jones Local Media Group to Newcastle Investment Corp., an affiliate of [[Fortress Investment Group]], for $87 million. The newspapers will be operated by [[GateHouse Media]], a newspaper group owned by Fortress. News Corp. CEO and former ''Wall Street Journal'' editor [[Robert James Thomson]] indicated that the newspapers were "not strategically consistent with the emerging portfolio" of the company.<ref name=nybj-djlmgsale>{{cite news|title=News Corp. sells 33 papers to New York investors|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2013/09/04/news-corp-sells-dow-jones-local-media.html|work=New York Business Journal|access-date=4 September 2013}}</ref> GateHouse in turn filed prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 27, 2013, to restructure its debt obligations in order to accommodate the acquisition.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-27/gatehouse-files-for-bankruptcy-as-part-of-fortress-plan.html | work=Bloomberg | title=GateHouse Files for Bankruptcy as Part of Fortress Plan}}</ref> The ''Mail Tribune'' and ''[[Ashland Daily Tidings]]'' were sold to Rosebud Media in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Stiles| first = Greg| title = Updated: Mail Tribune and Daily Tidings sold to Rosebud Media| work = MailTribune.com| access-date = 2018-01-29| url = http://www.mailtribune.com/news/20170131/updated-mail-tribune-and-daily-tidings-sold-to-rosebud-media}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=New Media Completes the Acquisition of the Ohio Publishing Division of Wooster Republican Printing Company for $21.2 Million and Announces the Sale of the Medford, Oregon Mail Tribune for $15.0 Million |date=January 31, 2017 |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170131006405/en/New-Media-Completes-Acquisition-Ohio-Publishing-Division}}</ref>


==Special sections==
==Special sections==
The ''Mail Tribune''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> has four special feature sections that run regularly each week. Sunday's edition contains a Your Life section, with general lifestyle content. Wednesday contains the A La Carte section, which features food articles. Friday is the Oregon Outdoors section, containing local and regional outdoors stories. Friday's edition also contains Tempo, a tabloid insert about local arts and entertainment.
The ''Mail Tribune'' had four special feature sections that ran regularly each week. Sunday's edition contained a Your Life section, with general lifestyle content. Wednesday contained the A La Carte section, which featured food articles. Friday was the Oregon Outdoors section, containing local and regional outdoors stories. Friday's edition also contained Tempo, a tabloid insert about local arts and entertainment.


==Newsroom==
==Newsroom==
The ''Mail Tribune's'' North Fir Street newsroom consists of reporters, assigning editors and multimedia staff, copy editing and page design, as well as a separate sports department.
The ''Mail Tribune''{{'s}} North Fir Street newsroom included reporters, assigning editors, and multimedia staff, copy editing and page design, as well as a separate sports department.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 15:09, 30 April 2024

Mail Tribune
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Rosebud Media LLC
PublisherSteven Saslow (2017–2023)[1]
EditorDavid Smigelski
FoundedApril 2, 1907
Political alignmentCenter
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publicationJanuary 13, 2023
Headquarters111 North Fir Street, Medford, Oregon 97501 United States
Circulation17,138 weekday, 20,505 Sunday (need citation)
Websitemailtribune.com

The Mail Tribune was a seven-day daily newspaper based in Medford, Oregon, United States that served Jackson County, Oregon, and adjacent areas of Josephine County, Oregon and northern California.

The paper ceased operations on January 13, 2023. The closure was announced by Rosebud Media, the paper's owner, two days prior.[2][3]

Its coverage area centered on Medford and Ashland and included many small communities in Jackson County. The newspaper also covered Central Point, Talent, Eagle Point, Grants Pass and Phoenix, as well as Jacksonville and other cities in the Rogue Valley.

History[edit]

George Putnam bought the Medford Tribune and two smaller weekly newspapers on April 2, 1907. In 1910, he purchased the Medford Mail and combined it with the Tribune to create the Mail Tribune.[4] He later sold the paper in order to purchase the Salem Capital Journal.[4]

The Mail Tribune was awarded the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Service, for its coverage of corrupt Jackson County politicians.[5][6]

Ottaway Newspapers, the predecessor of Local Media Group purchased the Medford paper in 1973, and also owned the nearby Ashland Daily Tidings.[7][8] The company was purchased by Dow Jones, owner of The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones was acquired by News Corp.owned by Rupert Murdoch

On September 4, 2013, News Corp announced that it would sell the Dow Jones Local Media Group to Newcastle Investment Corp., an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group for $87 million. The newspapers were to be operated by GateHouse Media, owned by Fortress.

News Corp. CEO and former Wall Street Journal editor Robert James Thomson indicated that the newspapers were "not strategically consistent with the emerging portfolio" of the company.[9] GateHouse in turn filed prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 27, 2013, to restructure its debt obligations in order to accommodate the acquisition.[10]

The Mail Tribune and Ashland Daily Tidings were sold to Rosebud Media in 2017 for a reported $15 million.[11][12]

On September 21, 2022, the Mail Tribune announced it would discontinue its printed edition and only publish online.[13][14] The Mail Tribune published its final online articles on January 13, 2023, and ceased operations.[15][16]

Special sections[edit]

The Mail Tribune had four special feature sections that ran regularly each week. Sunday's edition contained a Your Life section, with general lifestyle content. Wednesday contained the A La Carte section, which featured food articles. Friday was the Oregon Outdoors section, containing local and regional outdoors stories. Friday's edition also contained Tempo, a tabloid insert about local arts and entertainment.

Newsroom[edit]

The Mail Tribune's North Fir Street newsroom included reporters, assigning editors, and multimedia staff, copy editing and page design, as well as a separate sports department.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stiles, Greg (June 6, 2017). "Mail Tribune is back in local hands". Mail Tribune. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Saslow, Steven (January 11, 2023). "Mail Tribune to cease operations Friday". Mail Tribune. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  3. ^ Bureau, GARY A. WARNER Oregon Capital. "Medford newspaper - state's fifth largest - suddenly shuts down". Oregon Capital Insider. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "George Putnam (1872-1961)". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  5. ^ Kay Atwood and Dennis J. Gray (2003; revised and updated 2014). Boom and Bust: Political Turmoil in the 1930s. The Oregon History Project. Oregon Historical Society.
  6. ^ LaLande, Jeff. "Robert Ruhl (1880-1967)". The Oregon Encyclopedia.
  7. ^ "Changes at the helms" (editorial). The Bulletin (Bend, Oregon). July 13, 1973, p. 4.
  8. ^ Rafter, Michelle V. (January 31, 2009). "Good news for small papers". Oregon Business.
  9. ^ "News Corp. sells 33 papers to New York investors". New York Business Journal. September 4, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  10. ^ "GateHouse Files for Bankruptcy as Part of Fortress Plan". Bloomberg News. September 27, 2013.
  11. ^ Stiles, Greg (January 31, 2017). "Updated: Mail Tribune and Daily Tidings sold to Rosebud Media". Mail Tribune. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  12. ^ "New Media Completes the Acquisition of the Ohio Publishing Division of Wooster Republican Printing Company for $21.2 Million and Announces the Sale of the Medford, Oregon Mail Tribune for $15.0 Million" (Press release). January 31, 2017. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018.
  13. ^ Aldous, Vickie (September 20, 2022). "Mail Tribune moving to online-only format". Mail Tribune. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  14. ^ "Oregon newspaper Mail Tribune in Medford will stop printing at end of month". OregonLive. The Associated Press. September 21, 2022. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  15. ^ Neumann, Erik (January 11, 2013). "Medford Mail Tribune announces it will close Friday". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  16. ^ "Oregon paper closing after more than century of publishing". KOIN. Associated Press. January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

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