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Columbia Daily Tribune company history timeline

1901

The Tribune was founded in September 12, 1901, by former University of Missouri student Charles Monro Strong with assistance from Barratt O’Hara as the first daily newspaper in Columbia.

Before 1901, news was offered by three weeklies: the Missouri Intelligencer, The Columbia Patriot and The Columbia Statesman.

1905

In 1905, Edwin Moss Watson bought the newspaper.

1937

His nephew, Henry "Jack" Waters, Jr., became publisher of the paper upon Watson's death in 1937, when Watson's sister, Margaret Watson Waters (Waters, Jr.'s mother), inherited the paper.

2011

On January 1, 2011, Waters, III's two youngest children, Andy and Lizabeth, bought out four other family members to take full ownership of the company.

2016

The Waters family sold the newspaper to GateHouse Media in 2016.

2017

In 2017, the Columbia Daily Tribune moved to a morning delivery format for all 7 days.

2019

GateHouse Media's parent company, New Media Investment Group, subsequently acquired Gannett Co., Inc. in 2019 , and the combined company assumed the Gannett name.

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