Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner | Swift Communications |
Founder(s) | Frank and Mary Chase |
Publisher | Rob Galloway |
Editor | Laney Griffo |
Founded | 1958 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 3079 Harrison Avenue South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 |
Sister newspapers | Sierra Sun |
OCLC number | 38873736 |
Website | tahoedailytribune |
The Tahoe Daily Tribune is a weekly newspaper in South Lake Tahoe, California.
On June 26, 1958, the first edition of the weekly Tahoe-Sierra Tribune was published by Frank and Mary Chase. [1] It was a pennysaver printed in Sparks, Nevada and edited by "Basil "Ben" Benedict. About three months after launch, W.T. "Bill" and Evelyn Heseman, owners of the El Dorado Logging Company [2] , joined the enterprise and built a plant at Al Tahoe. [3] [2] A Duplex flatbed press was installed and the plant opened in March 1959. [2]
The Hessemans soon bought out the Chases. Lyle L. Laughlin became published in October 1959. [2] In November 1959, the paper expanded from printing once to five days a week. [4] The expansions into a daily resulted from a $50,000 capital investment from the Hessemans. [2] Zane Miles took over as editor in November 1959. [2]
In April 1961, Heseman appointed Neal Van Sooyas, formerly of the Nevada Appeal, as editor and publisher. [5] [6] Around that time the paper's name was changed to the Tahoe Daily Tribune. [2] In July 1962, W.T. "Bill" Heseman retired and hired Vern Shomshak to succeed him. [7] A month later Heseman sold the Tribune to George B. Thornhill, [8] [9] who in September 1963 sold it to Scripps League Newspapers. [10] [11] In 1975, Philip E. Swift exchanged his interests in the company for ownership of the Tribune and The News-Review. [12]
On April 16, 2007, the Tribune went from a paid, broadsheet newspaper to a free, tall-tab format. [1] In 2021, Swift Communications was acquired by Ogden Newspapers. [13] [14]