{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Tribune Chronicle | image = TribuneChronicleLogo.png | image_size = 250px | caption = | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founded = 1812, as the ''Trump of Fame'' | price = | owners = Ogden Newspapers Inc. | editor = Ed Puskas | general_manager = Ted Snyder | circulation = 35,000 Daily<br />42,000 Sunday | circulation_date = 2002 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regionalchamber.com/pdf_archive/Aug2002/PAGE%2015%204C-2.pdf |title=The Tribune-Chronicle, Warren |access-date=2008-05-10 |date=August 2002 |work=Regional Chamber Review |publisher=Regional Chamber }}</ref> | headquarters = 240 Franklin Street SE<br>Warren, Ohio 44482 {{USA}} | ISSN = | oclc = 18047053 | website = [http://www.tribtoday.com/ tribtoday.com] }}
The '''''Tribune Chronicle''''' is a daily morning newspaper serving Warren, Ohio and the Mahoning Valley area of the United States. The newspaper claims to be the second oldest in the U.S. state of Ohio.<ref name="TribProfile">[http://jobs.tribune-chronicle.com/Jobs/Employer.aspx?eid=1402352 The ''Tribune Chronicle'' careers profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717100035/http://jobs.tribune-chronicle.com/Jobs/Employer.aspx?eid=1402352 |date=2011-07-17 }}</ref> ''The Trib'', as the newspaper is nicknamed by readers and in other local media,<ref>{{cite news |title=Giant Eagle will be a Shop 'N Save |url=http://www.44444.com/taxonomy/term/31 |work=44444.com |date=2007-10-24 |access-date=2008-05-10 }}</ref> is owned by Ogden Newspapers Inc. of Wheeling, West Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaowners.com/company/ogden.html |title=Ogden Newspapers, Inc. profile and media properties |access-date=2008-05-10 |work=Media Owners }}</ref> The newspaper is published by Ted Snyder, and its editor is Ed Puskas. In 2008, ''USA Today'' reported daily circulation of 35,471 for the ''Tribune Chronicle''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://business.usaweekend.com/pdf/circpages.pdf |title=2008 Circulation List |access-date=2008-05-10 |year=2008 |newspaper=USA Today |archive-url = http://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20071127040257/http://business.usaweekend.com/pdf/circpages.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-11-27}}</ref>
==History== In June 1812, the ''Trump of Fame'' commenced publishing as the first newspaper in what had been the Connecticut Western Reserve.<ref name="TribProfile" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Shea |first=John Gilmary |author2=Stiles, Henry Reed |editor1=J.W. Dean |editor2=George Folsom |editor3=J.G. Shea |editor4=H.R. Stiles |editor5=H.B. Dawson. |title=The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities |orig-year=1859 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zO8OAAAAYAAJ&q=%22trump+of+fame%22&pg=PA117 |access-date=2008-05-10 |volume=v.3 |year=1859 |publisher=Henry B. Dawson |pages=117 |quote=The first journal on the Western Reserve was the Trump of Fame, by T.D. Webb, at Warren, Trumbull County, in 1812. In 1816 the ''Trump of Fame'' became the ''Western Reserve Chronicle''... }}</ref> In 1816, this paper became known as the ''Western Reserve Chronicle'', forerunner to the modern ''Tribune Chronicle''. On April 14, 1883, the ''Chronicle'' commenced daily publication. Prior to this, the newspaper had been a weekly, publishing on Tuesdays.<ref name="TribProfile" />
In 1924, Zell Hart Deming bought the ''Chronicle and merged it with'' ''The Warren Tribune'' to create ''The Warren Tribune Chronicle.'' Upon her death, Deming passed on the paper to her daughter Helen Hart Hurlbert who would later hand ownership over to her daughter Zell Draz.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sabella |first=Mitzi |title=Deming, Zell Hart (1869-1936) |url=https://www.trumbullcountyhistory.com/deming-zell-hart/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Trumbull County Historical Society |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 1977, the newspaper changed to its present name, and began publishing on Sundays. On November 2, 1994, the paper launched its website, the first in the Mahoning Valley. The newspaper also became the first morning newspaper in Trumbull County, on July 6, 1999.<ref name="TribProfile" /> In 2014, the paper launched its digital edition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2014 |title=New All Access edition of Trib available today |url=https://www.tribtoday.com/news/local-news/2014/03/new-all-access-edition-of-trib-available-today/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Tribune Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Expansion== On August 16, 2019, ''The Vindicator'' and ''Tribune Chronicle'' reached an agreement for the ''Tribune Chronicle'' to acquire The Vindicator’s subscription list, ''The Vindicator'' masthead and the Vindy.com domain, according to ''The Vindicator'' former general manager Mark Brown. As of September 1, 2019 ''Tribune Chronicle'' now publishes ''The Vindicator'' for the Mahoning County region. Trumbull County residents will remain getting the paper as ''Tribune Chronicle''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tribtoday.com/news/latest-news/2019/08/fri-515-p-m-tribune-chronicle-vindicator-reach-agreement/|title=Fri. 5:15 p.m.: Tribune Chronicle, Vindicator reach agreement|date=August 16, 2019|access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/tribune-chronicle-buys-rights-to-vindicator-name/|title=Tribune Chronicle will take over publishing Vindicator, saving 150-year-old paper|date=August 16, 2019|access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wytv.com/news/local-news/tribune-chronicle-buys-rights-to-vindicator-name/|title=Tribune Chronicle will take over publishing Vindicator, saving 150-year-old paper|date=August 16, 2019|access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wfmj.com/story/40928651/tribune-chronicle-acquires-the-vindicator-subscription-list-masthead-and-domain/|title=Tribune Chronicle acquires The Vindicator subscription list, masthead and domain|date=August 16, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wfmj.com/clip/14891130/tribune-chronicle-acquires-the-vindicator-subscription-list-masthead-and-domain/|title=Tribune Chronicle acquires The Vindicator subscription list, masthead and domain|date=August 17, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wfmj.com/clip/14891828/press-pass-tribune-chronicle-editor-brenda-linert/|title=Press Pass: Tribune Chronicle Editor Brenda Linert|date=August 18, 2019|access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref>
In March 2024, the ''Tribune Chronicle'' and ''The Vindicator'' announced both paper's will end their Sunday print editions, and instead offer a larger weekend edition on Saturdays.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gauntner |first=Mike |date=March 26, 2024 |title=Vindicator, Tribune Chronicle to end Sunday delivery of printed newspapers |url=https://www.wfmj.com/story/50613092/vindicator-tribune-chronicle-to-end-sunday-delivery-of-printed-newspapers |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=WFMJ |language=en}}</ref> In August 2025, both papers announced they will switch from carrier to postal delivery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mosca |first=Zach |title=The Vindicator, Tribune Chronicle subscribers to have papers delivers by post office beginning Saturday |url=https://www.wfmj.com/story/53007572/the-vindicator-tribune-chronicle-subscribers-to-have-papers-delivers-by-post-office-beginning-saturday |access-date=2025-08-15 |website=WFMJ |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Newspapers published in Ohio Category:Warren, Ohio Category:1812 establishments in Ohio