Orlando Sentinel Explained

Orlando Sentinel
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Foundation:1876
Owners:Tribune Publishing
Headquarters:633 North Orange Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32801
US
Publisher:Paul Pham
Generalmanager:Paul Pham[1]
Circulation:151,000 Daily
258,000 Sunday[2]
Issn:0744-6055

The Orlando Sentinel is the primary newspaper of Orlando, Florida, and the Central Florida region, in the United States. It was founded in 1876 and is currently owned by Tribune Publishing Company.

The Orlando Sentinel is owned by parent company, Tribune Publishing. This company was acquired by Alden Global Capital, which operates its media properties through Digital First Media, in May 2021.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

The newspaper's website utilizes geo-blocking, making it inaccessible from European countries.[8]

History

The Sentinels predecessors date to 1876, when the Orange County Reporter was first published. The Reporter became a daily newspaper in 1905, and merged with the Orlando Evening Star in 1906. Another Orlando paper, the South Florida Sentinel, started publishing as a morning daily in 1913. Then known as the Morning Sentinel, it bought the Reporter-Star in 1931, when Martin Andersen came to Orlando to manage both papers. Andersen eventually bought both papers outright in 1945, selling them to the Tribune Company of Chicago in 1965.[9]

In 1973, the two publications merged into the daily Sentinel Star. Tribune appointed Charles T. Brumback as president in 1976.[9] Harold "Tip" Lifvendahl was named president and publisher in 1981.[10] The newspaper was renamed the Orlando Sentinel in 1982. John Puerner succeeded Lifvendahl in 1993,[11] who was replaced by Kathleen M. Waltz in 2000.[12] In that same year the sentinel gained seven sister newspapers as Tribune Co. announces its merger with Times Mirror, adding the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, the Baltimore Sun, the Hartford Courant and three others to the Tribune Publishing operation.[13] Waltz announced her resignation in February 2008. Howard Greenberg, already publisher of fellow Tribune newspaper the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, was named publisher of both papers after Waltz left.[14]

In 2008, the Tribune Company called for a redesign of the Sentinel. The new layout, which debuted in June 2008, was formatted to appeal to busy readers, though like all of the redesigns in Tribune's Sam Zell ownership era, was reeled back into a more traditional design with appealing elements kept after reader criticism.[15] [16]

In 2018, the Orlando Sentinel and its corporate siblings began blocking access to Internet users in the European Union because their websites lacked compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation act.[17] [18] [19] [8]

According to one listing, some of the Sentinels predecessors are:[20]

Editorial history

Editorially, the Sentinel tilted conservative. From 1952 to 2004, it endorsed Republicans in every election save for Lyndon Johnson in 1964. However, it has endorsed Democratic candidates for president in four of the last five presidential elections: John Kerry in 2004, Barack Obama in 2008,[21] Hillary Clinton in 2016,[22] and Joe Biden in 2020.[23]

In June 2019, the day of President Donald Trump's re-election campaign launch rally in Orlando, the Sentinel made national news when the editorial board published a piece saying it would not endorse the president, among their reasons, "the chaos, the division, the schoolyard insults, the self-aggrandizement, the corruption, and especially the lies."[24] [25] [26] [27] It ultimately endorsed Biden, saying that he was "many things that Trump is not now and never will be."[23]

Awards

Notable staff

sports columnist[30]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lyons. David. Paul Pham named general manager at Orlando Sentinel. 2021-06-18. orlandosentinel.com. 7 November 2020 .
  2. Web site: Tribune Publishing Public Filing FORM 10-12B/A . 2014-07-21 . 2014-07-21 . 97 . 2014-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812234740/http://investor.tribpub.com/files/doc_financials/2014/Amended_Registration_Statement07212014.pdf . dead .
  3. News: Roeder . David . Chicago Tribune staff gets buyout offers as Alden takes over . June 2, 2021 . Chicago Sun Times . May 26, 2021.
  4. News: Folkenflik . David . 'Vulture' Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers . May 21, 2021 . NPR . May 21, 2021.
  5. News: Tribune Publishing ends discussions with Maryland hotel executive, moving forward with hedge fund Alden's bid for newspaper chain . April 20, 2021 . Chicago Tribune . April 19, 2021.
  6. News: Tracy . Marc . Hedge Fund Reaches a Deal to Buy Tribune Publishing . February 17, 2021 . . February 16, 2021.
  7. News: Feder . Robert . 'Sad, sobering day' for Chicago Tribune as Alden wins takeover bid . May 23, 2021 . May 21, 2021.
  8. Web site: We are currently unavailable from your region . Orlando Sentinel . 2022-11-19.
  9. Web site: History of the Orlando Sentinel. OrlandoSentinel.com. January 2001 .
  10. Web site: Lifvendahl To Tribune Senior Vp. Rene Stutzman. Orlando Sentinel. July 30, 1993. May 26, 2014.
  11. Web site: New Era At Sentinel. Rene Stutzman. Orlando Sentinel. October 4, 1993. May 26, 2014.
  12. Web site: Waltz Moving To Orlando Sentinel. Suzanne White. Daily Press. May 27, 2000. May 26, 2014. March 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150317143326/http://articles.dailypress.com/2000-05-27/news/0005270040_1_tribune-publishing-daily-circulation-seven-daily-newspapers. dead.
  13. Web site: The History Of the ORLANDO SENTINEL. January 2004 . The Orlando Sentinel.
  14. Web site: Orlando Sentinel's publisher resigns. Christopher Boyd . Orlando Sentinel . February 15, 2008. October 25, 2011.
  15. Web site: Tribune's Redesign Kicks Off With Orlando Sentinel. June 23, 2008. gigaom.com.
  16. Web site: Blogs - World News Publishing Focus by WAN-IFRA. blog.wan-ifra.org. 2020-07-07. 2020-10-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021075351/https://blog.wan-ifra.org/blogs/editorial/newspaper/2008/06/us_orlando_sentinel_redesign_geared_towa.php. dead.
  17. News: Hern . Alex . Belam . Martin . LA Times among US-based news sites blocking EU users due to GDPR . 24 September 2021 . The Guardian . 25 May 2018 . en . March 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324024110/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/25/gdpr-us-based-news-websites-eu-internet-users-la-times . live .
  18. News: Duraj . Maciej . How the Internet Is Being Restricted & Handicapped Based on Geographic Data . 24 September 2021 . Medium . 4 June 2020 . en . February 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209081533/https://maciejduraj-75226.medium.com/how-the-internet-is-being-restricted-handicapped-based-on-geographic-data-232eea088f74 . live .
  19. Web site: PennRobotics . It's been three years. Stop saying your European visitors are important to you . Hacker News . 24 September 2021 . 16 July 2021 . October 2, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221002025206/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27854663 . live .
  20. See Florida Newspapers —a list of Florida newspapers for which indexes or full-text are available at the University of Central Florida Library.
  21. Web site: Orlando Sentinel Backs Romney After Endorsing Obama in 2008. Bennett. Dashiell. 2012-10-19. The Atlantic. en-US. 2019-10-10.
  22. Web site: Orlando Sentinel endorses Marco Rubio, Hillary Clinton for nominations. 2016-03-06. WGNO. en. 2019-10-10.
  23. News: Joe Biden for president, because he can get us out of Trump's mess. Orlando Sentinel. August 28, 2020.
  24. Web site: Orlando Sentinel announces 2020 endorsement: Not Trump. Forgey. Quint. Politico. 18 June 2019 . en. 2019-06-19.
  25. Web site: Orlando Sentinel newspaper makes 'not Trump' anti-endorsement. MSNBC. en. 2019-06-19.
  26. Web site: Orlando Sentinel declines to endorse Trump in 2020. Klar. Rebecca. 2019-06-18. The Hill. en. 2019-06-19.
  27. Web site: Orlando Sentinel issues scathing op-ed announcing it won't endorse Donald Trump in 2020 election. Hopkins. Anna. 2019-06-18. Fox News. en-US. 2019-06-19.
  28. Web site: Loeb Award winners 1958–1996 . . April 2013 . February 6, 2019.
  29. Web site: Historical Winners List. UCLA Anderson School of Management. January 31, 2019.
  30. Web site: Tribune Biography: Mike Bianchi . 2014-03-06 . 2014-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140306145637/http://bio.tribune.com/mikebianchi . dead .
  31. Web site: October 28, 2015. Debbie. Gunter. The CP Interview with Scott Maxwell. 2022-01-18. The Community Paper.
  32. Web site: 2013-06-26. 50 Most Powerful People in Orlando. 2022-01-18. Orlando Magazine. en-US.

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