14 Facts About Minneapolis Star Tribune

Star Tribune serves Minneapolis and is distributed throughout the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the state of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest.

In 1893, Murphy sent the Tribune first correspondent to Washington, D C As Minneapolis grew, the newspaper's circulation expanded; the Tribune and the Evening Journal were closely competitive, with the smaller Minneapolis Times in third place.

Minneapolis Star Tribune died in 1918, endowing a school of journalism at the University of Minnesota.

The Daily Minneapolis Star Tribune had difficulty attracting advertisers with its overt political agenda, and went bankrupt in 1924.

Minneapolis Star Tribune publisher Fred Murphy died in 1940; the following year the Cowles family bought the Minneapolis Star Tribune and merged it with their company, giving it ownership of the city's major newspapers.

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The Tribune became the city's morning newspaper, the Star-Journal was the evening newspaper, and they published a joint Sunday edition.

Minneapolis Star Tribune had a progressive political viewpoint, publishing editorials supporting the civil rights movement and liberal causes.

In 1982 the afternoon Minneapolis Star Tribune was discontinued due to dwindling circulation, a trend common for afternoon newspapers.

Minneapolis Star Tribune's handling of Dwight's termination led to his removal as editor in 1983, although his family retained a controlling financial interest in the newspaper.

Since 2010, the Star Tribune has given out awards to the Top 150 Workplaces in Minnesota.

Star Tribune has five main sections: main news, local news, sports, business and variety .

In 2021, the board of the Star Tribune won the Pulitzer prize for breaking news coverage for the "urgent, authoritative and nuanced" coverage of the murder of George Floyd.

In 1987, the Star Tribune opened a new, $110 million printing plant, called the Heritage Center, in a historic warehouse district on the northern edge of downtown Minneapolis.

In 2014, the company announced that it would relocate from the 95-year-old headquarters building to the newly christened Star Tribune Building at the Capella Tower complex, making way for development around nearby U S Bank Stadium.