Mail Tribune

Company: Mail Tribune

Description: The Mail Tribune was the first Oregon newspaper to win a Pulitzer Prize awarded for meritorious public service after Editor Robert Ruhl stood up to a gang of unscrupulous politicians in 1934 The Mail Tribune traces its roots back to 1906 when the Medford Mail published in the mornings and the Medford Tribune published in the afternoon The two papers merged on Nov 1 1909 under Editor George Putnam creating the largest printing and publishing establishment in Southern Oregon The new Medford Mail Tribune came out Monday through Friday evenings with a Sunday morning edition Putnam was a crusader for truth and printed what he believed no matter how dangerous it might be A newspaper without enemies has no friends was his motto In 1919 he sold the paper to Robert Ruhl who served as editor and publisher for more than 30 years He spoke out against the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s In the 1930s he took on the nefarious leaders of the Good Government Congress an antiestablishment movement that brought tumult violence and election fraud to Jackson County during a time later coined the Jackson County Rebellion His editorials condemning the movement and calling for rational behavior from citizens led to the Pulitzer Prize In 1969 the Mail Tribune launched its weekly arts and entertainment section Tempo becoming one of the first newspapers in Oregon to do so Ruhls wife Mabel sold the paper in 1973 to Ottaway Newspapers a subsidiary of Dow Jones Co publisher of the Wall Street Journal A Saturday edition was added in 1989 the same day the Medford part of the Medford Mail Tribune was dropped In December 2007 Dow Jones was sold to Rupert Murdochs News Corp On Sept 4 2013 Newcastle Investment Corp an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group purchased Southern Oregon Media Group and later spun off the publicly traded New Media Investment Group The Mail Tribune was sold to Rosebud Media LLC in 2017

Industry: Book and Periodical Publishing

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mail-tribune

Domain: http://www.mailtribune.com/

Founded: 1909

Location: Medford, Oregon

Address: 111 North Fir Street, Medford, Oregon 97501, US

Size: 51-200 employees