Minnesota Star Tribune

Star Tribune
"The Heart and Voice of the North"
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Star Tribune Media Company LLC (Glen Taylor)
PublisherSteve Grove
EditorSuki Dardarian
Opinion editorPhil Morris
Founded
  • May 25, 1867; 159 years ago (1867-05-25)
    (as the Minneapolis Tribune)
  • August 19, 1920; 106 years ago (1920-08-19)
    (as the Minneapolis Daily Star)
HeadquartersStar Tribune Building
650 3rd Ave S.
Suite 1300
Minneapolis, MN
United States
Websitestartribune.com

The Minnesota Star Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh-largest newspaper in the United States and the primary news source in Minnesota.

It was created in 1867 as "Minneapolis Tribune" and competed with Minneapolis Daily Star in 1920. The papers merged into Star Tribune in 1982. In 2024, the paper was renamed to The Minnesota Star Tribune. Journalists from Star Tribune have won seven Pulitzer Prizes.

History

Minneapolis Tribune

The newspaper was created to have the Republican Party in one newspaper. On November 30, 1889, downtown Minneapolis's Tribune headquarters caught fire. Seven people were killed and 30 injured, and the building and presses were a total loss.

In 1891, Tribune was purchased for $450,000 (equivalent to $12 million in 2020). This helped to get rid of the companies debts. In 1905, Tribune purchased The Minneapolis Times, one of their biggest competitors.

Awards

Pre-Star Tribune Pulitzer Prizes:

Post-Star Tribune journalists have won three Pulitzers:

In 2021, the staff of the Star Tribune won a Pulitzer prize for coverage of the murder of George Floyd.

Aerial photo of long, low office building
Star Tribune Downtown East headquarters until 2015

References

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  2. ↑ Robertson, Katie. "Defying Crisis in Local News, the Star Tribune Expands". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Minneapolis Tribune". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  4. ↑ Morison, Bradley (1966). Sunlight on Your Doorstep: The Minneapolis Tribune's First Hundred Years. Minneapolis: Ross & Haines.
  5. ↑ "About Star tribune. (Minneapolis, MN) 1999-current". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  6. ↑ Thomas, Ryland; Williamson, Samuel H. (2018). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved January 5, 2018. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the Measuring Worth series.
  7. ↑ Morison, Bradley (1966). Sunlight on Your Doorstep: The Minneapolis Tribune's First Hundred Years. Minneapolis: Ross & Haines.
  8. ↑ "1948 Winners". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  9. ↑ "1959 Winners". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  10. ↑ "1968 Winners". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  11. ↑ "1990 Winners and Finalists". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  12. ↑ "The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Editorial Cartooning". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  13. ↑ "The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Local Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes.[permanent dead link]
  14. ↑ Allen, Jonathan; Borter, Gabriella (June 11, 2021). "Reuters, New York Times win Pulitzers for coverage of racial injustice, COVID-19". Reuters.com. Retrieved June 13, 2021.