{{Short description|American daily newspaper (1896–1930)}} {{redirect|The Commercial|the pub in England|The Commercial, Herne Hill}} {{italic title}} The '''''Cincinnati Commercial Tribune''''' was a major daily newspaper in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], formed in 1896, and folded in 1930.<ref name="1930-one">(3 December 1930). [https://www.nytimes.com/1930/12/03/archives/oldest-newspaper-in-cincinnati-quits-commercial-tribune-stopped-by.html OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN CINCINNATI QUITS; Commercial Tribune Stopped by McLean Interests After Political Shift in Recent Election], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref>
The ''Commercial Tribune'' was created in 1896 by the merger of the longstanding ''Commercial Gazette'' and newcomer ''Cincinnati Tribune''.<ref name="cincin1">Bates, Charles Austin. [https://books.google.com/books?id=i10DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA86 American journalism from the practical side], p. 86-88 (1897)</ref> [[Murat Halstead]] was a well-known editor of ''The Commercial'' and ''The Commercial Gazette'' in the 1860s-1880s.<ref name="1930-one"/> A representative of [[John Roll McLean]], owner of ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]'', acquired the paper in 1911, and continued to operate it as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] paper (as opposed to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] slant of the ''Enquirer''). The decline in Republican fortunes and the financial situation of the paper in general led to its close in December 1930.<ref name="1930-one"/>
==History== The ''Cincinnati Commercial'' debuted on October 2, 1843. The original publishers were Greeley Curtis and Hastings. Hastings did not stay long with the paper, and Curtis later brought on his brother-in-law J.W.S. Browne as a partner. Murat Halstead joined the Commercial in 1853, and later obtained some ownership, and a controlling interest by 1867. Partner M.D. Potter bought land to build the Cincinnati Commercial Building at the corner of Fourth and Race in 1859.<ref name="commerc43-1">Jenny, Daniel J. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DfE_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80 Kenny's Illustrated Cincinnati], pp. 80-81 (1879)</ref>
==''Commercial Gazette''==
One of the predecessors of the ''Tribune'', the ''Commercial Gazette'', was created in 1883 from the merger of the ''Cincinnati Commercial'' and ''Daily Gazette''.<ref name="1883merger">[https://books.google.com/books?id=1QsXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA306 Knowledge: a Weekly Magazine: Supplementing All Cyclopedias. V. 1; June-Dec 1890], p. 306</ref><ref name="united">(30 December 1882). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025287/1882-12-30/ed-1/seq-5/ Newspapers Uniting], ''St. Paul Daily Globe''</ref>
The ''Gazette'' once claimed a lineage dating from the founding of ''[[Centinel of the Northwest Territory]]'' in 1793, though in reality that entity is considered to have moved to [[Chillicothe, Ohio]] with its owner in 1800. More accurately, Thomas Palmer published the first issue of the ''Cincinnati Gazette'' on July 15, 1815, which he merged with the pre-existing ''Liberty Hall'' later that year, a paper which had been founded in 1804. A daily paper (the ''Daily Gazette'') first appeared on July 25, 1827.<ref name="united"/><ref name="centin">Greve, Charles Theodore. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eJxABLtxX60C&pg=PA790 Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens], pp. 790-91 (1904)</ref>
==See also== *[[Charles Hammond (lawyer and journalist)|Charles Hammond]]
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