Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Newspaper published in Hawaii, United States
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Hawaii Tribune-Herald is a daily newspaper based in Hilo, Hawaii. It is owned and published by Oahu Publications, a subsidiary of Black Press.
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 The Hawaii Tribune-Herald's headquarters, in Hilo, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Oahu Publications |
| Publisher | David Bock |
| Editor | David Bock |
| Founded | 1895 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 355 Kinoole Street, Hilo, HI 96720, U.S. |
| Circulation | 9,224 Daily 10,306 Sunday (as of 2022)[1] |
Sister newspapers | West Hawaii Today |
| Website | hawaiitribune-herald |
History
On November 23, 1895, the first edition of the Hilo Tribune was published.[2] It was founded by a cooperation headed by Gardner K. Wilder.[3] The Tribune was the oldest English paper in Hilo, Hawaii. A rival paper called The Hawaii Herald launched in August 1896,[4] followed by The Hawaii Post in 1914.[5] The Tribune was renamed to the Hilo Daily Tribune in 1917.[2]
The Herald and Post merged in 1918 to form the Daily Post Herald.[5] In 1923, the Tribune and Post-Herald merged to form the Hilo Tribune-Herald.[6][7] Decades later it was renamed to the Hawaii Tribune-Herald.[2]
In 1962, the newspaper began publication of a weekly special edition for the west (Kona) side of the island, called the Kona Tribune-Herald.[8] This was expanded six years later into a daily called West Hawaii Today.[9][10]
In 1964, Donrey Media Group acquired the paper.[11] Owner Donald W. Reynolds died in 1993[12] and the company was renamed to Stephens Media in 2002.[13] With the demise of the Hawaii Island Journal in June 2008, Tribune-Herald owner Stephens Media ran all the commercial newspapers on the island including the Big Island Weekly.[14] Big Island Weekly published from 2006 to 2014.[15]
In 2014, Oahu Publications, publisher of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, bought the Hawaii Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii Today from Stephens Media.[16] Oahu Publications was a subsidiary of Black Press Media, which was acquired by Carpenter Media Group in 2024.[17]
Subsidiary publications
- West Hawaii Today, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (daily)
See also
- Hawaii Herald, English-language edition of Hawaii Hochi since 1980
