# Atlanta Tribune

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{{Infobox magazine
| title = Atlanta Tribune
| logo = Atlanta Tribune Logo.png
| logo_size = 225px
| category = 
| frequency = Monthly
| format = News magazine
| publisher = [Real Times Media](/source/Real_Times_Media)
| founder = Kermit Thomas
| founded = 1986
| website = {{URL|atlantatribune.com}}
}}

The '''''Atlanta Tribune''''' is a monthly news magazine published in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia) in the U.S. state of [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)), focused on the [African American](/source/African_American) business community of that city.<ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=0AaVAm-OzsgC&dq=%22atlanta+tribune%22&pg=PA54 Atlanta Tribune]." ''The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines'', 5th edition, compiled by Stephen Blake Mettee, Michelle Doland, and Doris Hall, Quill Driver Books/Word Dancer Press, Inc., 2006, pp. 53–55.</ref>

== History ==
Kermit Thomas established the ''Tribune'' in 1986, and soon turned it over to George and Patricia Lottier, who built it up, and whose relatives own the ''[Baltimore Afro-American](/source/Baltimore_Afro-American)''.<ref>"[https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/patricia-ann-lottier-41 Patricia Ann Lottier]." ''The HistoryMakers''.</ref> The paper focuses on a readership of affluent African Americans.<ref>Poole, Sheila M. "[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87047532/atlanta-tribune-niche/ Atlanta Tribune finds its niche among blacks]." ''The Atlanta Constitution'', 12 November 1992, p. 87.</ref><ref>Poe, Janita. "[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87047435/atlanta-tribune-market/ Magazine serves affluent niche]." ''The Atlanta Constitution'', 17 September 2000, p. 76.</ref> The paper is now owned by [Real Times Media](/source/Real_Times_Media), publisher of the ''[Michigan Chronicle](/source/Michigan_Chronicle)'', the ''[Chicago Defender](/source/Chicago_Defender)'', and the ''[Atlanta Daily World](/source/Atlanta_Daily_World)''.<ref>"[https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/10/567/1614 Atlanta Tribune Magazine]." ''Mondo Times''.</ref>

The Rev. Darryl Gray, an alumnus of the ''Tribune'', started the Black-oriented ''[Provincial Monitor](/source/Provincial_Monitor)'' in [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 22, 1990 |title=Black-Oriented Paper Launched in Nova Scotia |language=English |work=[Editor & Publisher](/source/Editor_%26_Publisher) |publisher=Duncan McIntosh |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1990-12-22_123_51/page/38/mode/2up |access-date=2021-02-23}}</ref> In 2001 Frederick D. Robinson was appointed editor.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87047736/atlanta-tribune-magazine-editor/ Atlanta Tribune picks editor for magazine]." ''The Atlanta Constitution'', 10 October 2001, p. 104.</ref> The ''Tribune'' published weekly as of 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fitzgerald |first=Mark |date=November 2004 |title=Black Is Back |language=English |work=[Editor & Publisher](/source/Editor_%26_Publisher) |publisher=Duncan McIntosh |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_2004-11_137_11/page/42/mode/2up |access-date=2021-02-23}}</ref>

The ''Tribune'' celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2016.<ref>Floyd, Safon. "[https://www.blackenterprise.com/atlanta-tribune-celebrates-30-years-publishing/ The Atlanta Tribune celebrates 30 years of publishing]." ''Black Enterprise'', 17 May 2016.</ref> A 2020 ''[Wall Street Journal](/source/Wall_Street_Journal)'' article noted that the ''Tribune'' "celebrated Coke in 2016 with a photo of 17 of the company's Black women executives," but that fewer than half of those executives remained four years later.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coke's Elusive Goal: Boosting Its Black Employees—Two decades after historic lawsuit, its diversity efforts have lost ground |last1=Maloney |first1=Jennifer |last2=Weber |first2=Lauren |work=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal), Eastern edition |date=December 17, 2020 |page=A1 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/coke-resets-goal-of-boosting-black-employees-after-20-year-effort-loses-ground-11608139999 }}</ref>

A previous publication with the same name was the subject of an investigation for improper fundraising in 1981; however, the papers do not appear to be connected.<ref>Epstein, Gail. "[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87047876/atlanta-tribune-investigationn/ Not Raising Funds, Says Publisher]." ''The Atlanta Constitution'', 19 June 1981, p. 53.</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Newspapers published in Atlanta
Category:African-American newspapers
Category:Magazines established in 1986
Category:1986 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)

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