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Patrick Manteiga was right about demise of Tampa Trib; so was Noah Pransky

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The shock from the news that the Tampa Bay Times has purchased and folded the Tampa Tribune has yet to wear off. In fact, there are probably a few hundred (maybe thousands) subscribers to the Trib who don’t pay attention to social media (think of all those seniors at Sun City Center) and were likely surprised this morning to see their regular newspaper replaced with the Times. While those folks may be caught off guard, two local journalists were definitely…

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.4.16 – Trib out

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The news yesterday that the Tampa Bay Times and absorbed the assets of the crosstown rival Tampa Tribune marks the end of rumors which I can recount starting back in 2008. That’s when stories surfacedĀ that the paper would fold after the 2009 Super Bowl; That didn’t come to pass. Then the rumor was the Trib would fold after the 2012 Republican National Convention. That too proved to be false. It’s no longer false, and our community is less for it.…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts ā€” FloridaPolitics.com ā€” I knew that one

Paul Tash’s real answers for Tampa Tribune readers

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An earlier draft of a Q&A on the Tampa Bay Times’ acquisition/homicide of theĀ Tampa Tribune has been discovered. Thank you to the anonymous source who forwarded this. SUBSCRIPTION & DELIVERY I subscribe to both papers. What do I do? — We’ll consolidate your subscriptions. But donā€™t even think of canceling the Tampa Bay Times ā€” we know where you live. Will my subscription cost go up? — Not until we raise it. I am a long-term Tribune subscriber. What do…

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Tampa considers food donations to pay off parking tickets

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Looking for a way out of a parking ticket? Donate some canned goods to a food bank. That’s a proposal being considered by the Tampa City Council. The program would run for about a month over the winter holidays. Councilman Guido Maniscalco tells The Tampa TribuneĀ the idea is to let people pay off some of their parking fines by donating food to the needy. Tallahassee launched a similar program in November that lets first-time parking offenders get $1 of credit…

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Tampa Bay Times purchases the Tampa Tribune

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The Tampa Bay Times, the largest newspaper in the state, announced Tuesday it had purchased the Tampa Tribune. In a statement posted Tuesday to the Tampa Bay Times website, Paul Tash, the chair and CEO of the Times, said the purchase puts the paper ā€œon solid financial footing and gives the Tampa Bay region an independent, locally owned newspaper that can keep serving customers and communities for the long term.ā€ ā€œWithout this move, the continued competition between the Times and…

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Mitch Perry Report for 4.29.16 – Trib frowns on Go Hillsborough vote

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Good morning,Ā y’all. Regular readers of this column may note that it’s being posted a little later this morning. Not to get into Too Much Information, but let’s just say I think when IĀ readĀ Arianna Huffington write that you must have 7/8 hours a sleep every night, well, one can certainly aspire to that. Rumor has it that Tampa attorneyĀ Bob Buesing will declare his candidacyĀ as a Democrat for the newly created Senate District 18 seat in Hillsborough County on Monday. Local Dems…

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Questions raised on possible Tampa Trib sale

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Then there was one. Maybe. Facing an expiring lease and the outsourcing of its printing operations to rival Tampa Bay Times, the Tampa Tribune may be coming up for sale. In a recent report, Noah Pransky of WTSP suggests that 121-year-old daily could be sold, even though its Los Angeles-based owner has not been forthcoming. “Guys see below there is a leak here somewhere this is bs,ā€ wrote Revolution Capital Group founder and managing partner Robert Loring Jr. in response…

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