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- The South Bend Tribune is a daily newspaper and news website based in South Bend, Indiana. It is distributed in South Bend, Mishawaka, north central Indiana and southwestern Michigan. It has three times been recognized by the as a "Blue Ribbon Newspaper" (2006, 2016 and 2018). It is the third largest daily broadsheet newspaper in the State of Indiana by circulation. The Tribune was locally and family owned by Schurz Communications, based in Mishawaka, for more than 146 years: from its founding in 1872 until 2019. Five generations of the same family had owned and operated the newspaper. The Tribune was sold to GateHouse Media on Feb. 1, 2019. In November 2019, GateHouse Media completed purchase of the Gannett newspaper chain, and the two combined newspaper chains adopted the Gannett name. Thus, on Nov. 19, 2019, the South Bend Tribune became a Gannett newspaper. Also in November 2019, the South Bend Tribune moved out of the Tribune Building at 225 W. Colfax Ave., which had been its home for 98 years. The Tribune Building was the newspaper's fourth location. The newspaper staff moved temporarily into Union Station Technology Center, 501 W. South St. in downtown South Bend, although most employees worked remotely during 2020 and early 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. In August 2020, the South Bend Tribune moved into its new home in a former Studebaker Corp. assembly plant at 635 S. Lafayette Blvd. that is being renovated by entrepreneur Kevin Smith as part of South Bend's Renaissance District. The newspaper is printed at the Burnham Production Facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Because the University of Notre Dame is in South Bend, The Tribune receives large readership because of its Notre Dame news and sports coverage. The Tribune also operates the Notre Dame sports website: "ND Insider." Alan Achkar is executive editor. (en)
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