The ''Queens Tribune'' was a free weekly newspaper founded as the monthly ''Flushing Tribune'' in February 1970 by
Gary Ackerman
Gary Leonard Ackerman (born November 19, 1942) is an American retired politician and former U.S. Representative from New York, serving from 1983 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On March 15, 2012, Ackerman announced that he wou ...
. The ''Tribune'' was a member of the
New York Press Association
The New York Press Association (NYPA) is a member organization of newspapers in New York State.
The NYPA provides editorial assistance, advice and counsel to its 800 member newspapers, advocates for best journalism practices, provides a libel h ...
.
From 1989 to 2002, the paper was owned by News Communications, parent of ''
The Hill
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
''. Ackerman then repurchased the paper. The paper's main offices moved to
Whitestone from
Fresh Meadows, Queens
Fresh Meadows is a neighborhood in the northeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens. Fresh Meadows used to be part of the broader town of Flushing and is bordered to the north by the Horace Harding Expressway; to the west by Pomon ...
in November 2010. The paper was sold to Phoenix Media in 2013.
The ''Tribune'' is published in nine different sections, eight specific to different neighborhoods or regions of the borough, which are mostly the same except for the "This Week" section that includes one or two stories from that specific neighborhoods. The eight different sections are
Astoria,
Jackson Heights, Western Queens, South Queens,
Forest Hills,
Flushing
Flushing may refer to:
Places
* Flushing, Cornwall, a village in the United Kingdom
* Flushing, Queens, New York City
** Flushing Bay, a bay off the north shore of Queens
** Flushing Chinatown (法拉盛華埠), a community in Queens
** Flushin ...
,
Bayside, and East Queens. The ninth edition is a "Queens Edition" which does not have any specific "This Week" page and is given out to subscribers.
Every month, the newspaper issues a special edition, called "glossy" issues, that focuses on a given topic. Recurring examples include the "Blue Book", or the annual Guide to Queens every January, Best of Queens, Arts & Culture, Gay Pride, and Community Characters editions.
The Tribune is also home to a newspaper called ''The PRESS of Southeast Queens'', a separate paper that covers
Jamaica, Queens
Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is mainly composed of a large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis to the east; St. Albans, Springf ...
and other Southeast Queens neighborhoods like
Rosedale,
Saint Albans
St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...
,
Hollis,
Springfield Gardens
Springfield Gardens is a neighborhood in the southeastern area of the New York City borough of Queens, bounded to the north by St. Albans, to the east by Laurelton and Rosedale, to the south by John F. Kennedy International Airport, and to the w ...
,
Cambria Heights
Cambria Heights is a residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Springfield Boulevard and Francis Lewis Boulevard to the west, the Elmont, Nassau County border on the east, Qu ...
,
Queens Village,
Addisleigh Park and
Laurelton. ''The PRESS'' occasionally runs the same stories as the ''Tribune'' and vice versa.
In 2018, the paper was sold to Ocean Gold Media and moved its headquarters from
Whitestone to
Long Island City
Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the extreme western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; New Calvary Cemetery in Sunnyside to the ...
. The format changed from a tabloid to a broadsheet and it ceased to publish separate local "This Week" editions. Ocean Gold also stopped the publication of The Press of Southeast Queens, as they relaunched The Press -- a new city-wide magazine focused on people of color and immigrant communities.
On December 17, 2018, much of the staff of the Tribune was laid off and Ocean Gold announced the paper would discontinue publishing while seeking new financial backing. Ocean Gold told other reporters that they were seeking buyers for the cash-strapped paper. Ocean Gold took over "a million dollars in debt" when it purchased the Tribune earlier in the year, and consolidated much of the debt during their ownership.
As of June, 2019, the Tribune has not resumed publishing and the website is dead.
References
External links
*
Queens Tribune blog
Newspapers published in Queens, New York
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