Des Moines Tribune

Des Moines Tribune
TypeDaily newspaper, evening edition
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Cowles family
Founded1906
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publicationSeptember 25, 1982[1]
Headquarters717 Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa
Circulation147,000 (1947)

The Des Moines Tribune was a daily afternoon newspaper published in Des Moines, Iowa. It was founded in 1906[2] and purchased in 1908[1] by the Cowles family, which owned the Des Moines Register. The newspapers shared production and business operations, but maintained separate editorial staffs which often behaved as rivals and competitors.[3]

The Tribune had a peak circulation of 147,000 in 1947. In 1981, the paper's circulation area was cut from 22 counties from 8[4] and by 1982, its circulation had dwindled to 68,000.[5] The newspaper ceased publication in September 1982 and merged with the Register.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b "Cowles Family Publishing Legacy".
  2. ^ Friedricks, William B. (2000). Covering Iowa. ISBN 9780813826202.
  3. ^ "You can go home again".
  4. ^ "2 Des Moines papers to merge". New York Times. UPI. 3 June 1982. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Des Moines paper folds". The Winona Daily News. Associated Press. 26 September 1982. p. 12. Retrieved 6 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ^ William Petroski (26 September 1982). "Des Moines Tribune publishes its final edition". Des Moines Register. p. 3B. Retrieved 6 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  7. ^ "About Des Moines tribune. (Des Moines, Iowa) 1931-1982". Library of Congress.
  8. ^ "Des Moines Tribune calling it quits after 75 years". United Press International. 25 September 1982. Retrieved 6 December 2023.