Tribune Publishing 's history dates back to 1847 , when the '' Chicago Tribune '' ( for which the company and its former parent , Tribune Media , are named ) published its first edition on June 10 of that year , in a one-room plant at LaSalle and Lake Streets in Chicago . The '' Tribune '' constructed its first building , a four-story structure at Dearborn and Madison Streets , in 1869 ; however the building was destroyed , along with most of the city , by the Great Chicago Fire in October 1871 . The '' Tribune '' resumed printing two days later with an editorial declaring " Chicago Shall Rise Again " . The newspaper 's editor and part-owner , Joseph Medill , was elected mayor and led the city 's reconstruction . A native Ohioan who first acquired an interest in the '' Tribune '' in 1855 , Medill gained full control of the newspaper in 1874 and ran it until his death in 1899
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
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