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

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

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

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

Minneapolis 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.

In 1983, the Star and Minneapolis Tribune challenged a Minnesota tax on paper and ink before the Supreme Court of the United States.

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

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

In 2021, the board of the Star Minneapolis 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.

Also in 2014, the Star Minneapolis Tribune's Heritage printing plant began printing the St Paul Pioneer Press under a contract with its cross-town rival.