MinneapolisTribune Combined News Source
Today’s Star Tribune from Minneapolis is the product of a successful
merger between the Minneapolis Star and The MinneapolisTribune, event
that took place in 1982.
The MinneapolisTribune, a morning newspaper was created in 1867 by
the Murphy family, and it maintained family ownership from 1891 to 1941.
As time went by, and the MinneapolisTribune got more financial power,
it purchased the Minneapolis Times, another local newspaper in 1905.
The present Star Tribune was born after the MinneapolisTribune was
bought by the Cowles family, who also owned the Minneapolis Star in
1941.
For a few decades, before merging, the two papers were managed separately
as a morning and an evening newspaper.
The MinneapolisTribune and the Minneapolis Star became one in 1982,
but it was not until 1987 that they got the present name Star Tribune.
The year 1985 saw one of the greatest realizations in the history of
both newspapers. The Star signed a deal with the Universal Press Syndicate
that will be crucial for the newspaper evolution.
According to this deal the Minneapolis Star would be the only area
carrier of some new comic strip that later became the most powerful
in the field: Calvin and Hobbes.
