South Bend Tribune
 |
|
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Schurz Communications |
| Publisher | Kim Wilson |
| Editor | Alan Achkar |
| Founded | 1872 |
| Headquarters | 225 West Colfax Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46626  United States
|
| Website | SouthBendTribune.com |
The South Bend Tribune is a newspaper located in South Bend, Indiana, and distributed in the Michiana (Indiana, Michigan, United States) region. There are five editions for distribution in southwestern lower Michigan, Mishawaka (2 editions), Marshall County, and the South Bend Metro area. The South Bend Tribune has a daily circulation of 62,000 and Sunday circulation of 80,000 with an average daily readership of 132,900 adult daily readership and 171,700 adult Sunday.
Because the University of Notre Dame is close to the South Bend city limits, the Tribune receives much of its readership due to its sports coverage. Other sections include Community, Business, and Entertainment. The tribune also operates a number of separate publications, including "In The Bend", and "ND Insider".
The key executives are President and Publisher Kim Wilson, Vice President of Operations Kevin Shaw, and Vice President of Advertising Steve Schmidt.
Alfred B. Miller and Elmer Crockett founded the Tribune in 1872 in South Bend, a manufacturing center on the St. Joseph River in northern Indiana. The Tribune's reputation at the time as a conservative, Republican-leaning editorial voice put it at a disadvantage in competition with the more Democrat-leaning News Times.
A popular legend has it that Franklin Schurz Sr., the publisher and a nephew of Alfred Miller, took polka lessons, then sponsored weekly polka nights on South Bend's Polish west side. The social events were a huge hit and helped establish inroads for the newspaper in the immigrant community. Such community outreach and the newspaper's aggressive reporting helped push the Tribune past the News Times, which went out of business in the 1950s.
...
Wikipedia