The East Valley Tribune will expand its operations into Tempe and Chandler next year as part of its growth under new ownership.
The Tribune will move from its current single location in Mesa to three sites in the first few months of 2011.
“No one site was able to provide everything we needed,” said Randy Miller, president and publisher. “Circulation now will be more centrally located in our distribution area and this will give us a presence in several East Valley cities.”
Editorial and advertising staffs will be located in both the Fountainhead Corporate Park building at 1620 W. Fountainhead Parkway in Tempe (near Priest Drive and Broadway Road) and in the downtown Mesa area. An exact location in Mesa is still to be determined. The paper’s circulation department will be located at 2873 N. Nevada St. in Chandler along with AZ Interactive Media Group, which is also owned by Miller and his partner.
The public will be able to do business with the Tribune at any of its East Valley locations.
The Tribune’s longtime building at 120 W. First Ave. in Mesa was not included as part of the sale from Freedom Communications in March.
The office space in Tempe further solidifies the paper’s expansion into that market. After the March sale, the Tribune immediately began delivering to locations in Tempe, and has since added home delivery to about 5,000 residences in the city.
“We are working hard to continue expanding our reach and readership across the East Valley,” said Miller.” We have circulation in all six cities and have had great response from customers as we return the Tribune to its role as both the local hometown paper and the dominant paper of the East Valley.”
snipes posted at 7:44 am on Fri, Nov 19, 2010.
President and Publisher Randy Miller, had better start paying attention to the poor quality of this newspaper's *content* or he won't have much of a paper left.
Particularly disturbing is a newsroom staff incapable of returning a phone call regarding factual errors in articles.
Even worse is the partisan politics going on with the web-site. Staff there routines deletes comments that go against their right wing bent, while at the same time letting pass some truly horrific racist and threatening remarks.
It's as if no one is in charge at this paper.
AlftanSr posted at 8:08 am on Fri, Nov 19, 2010.
I'm always finding typos in the articles, too. Part of me thinks that's just a reflection of the American's poor grammar skills overall, but part of me thinks it just needs more editing.
wildwestkate posted at 9:23 am on Fri, Nov 19, 2010.
I'm excited to see that the paper is growing its circulation and its size! Since 1013 Communications took over, they've been running 40 and 48 page papers packed with LOCAL news that's relevant to me and my family. I hope the new location helps the paper continue to grow and make a positive impact on our communities.
AZMomma posted at 1:00 pm on Fri, Nov 19, 2010.
Back in the day, the papers had their own readers and publications: Tempe Daily News for example. The old TDN was notorious for their typos, but it sure covered ALL of Tempe issues.
Now? It is just another regional rag.
forkedlift1 posted at 1:31 pm on Fri, Nov 19, 2010.
Snipes, you hit the nail on the head, and it's worth repeating.
"Even worse is the partisan politics going on with the web-site. Staff there routines deletes comments that go against their right wing bent, while at the same time letting pass some truly horrific racist and threatening remarks."
Because of all the wholesale deletions of rational posts that have challenged the actions and mentality of Russell Pearce and his devout followers in this past week, I've renamed the publication The Pearce Propaganda Press.
Due to this, there aren't many previous commenters left any longer. Also, since the deletions have occurred so quickly, it's evident that a Pearce sympathizer is sitting behind the Tribune's website controls.
What commentary is left on these Tribune "Immigration" articles from the past few weeks, most of which directly or indirectly involve Pearce, are sights to behold....absurdity personified. Vicious and obsessed partisan loyalists now talking to themselves and each other with racist remarks, while threatening and labeling those whose comments no longer exist.
I don't hold out much hope for the survival of the Tribune.