Tryon Daily Bulletin

Newspaper in Tyron, North Carolina

Tryon Daily Bulletin is an American, English language daily newspaper based in Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina; it also serves parts of Spartanburg and Greenville counties in South Carolina.^[1]

History

Known as "The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper", it was established in 1928 by Seth Vining Sr.^[2]^[3] It had a readership of 4,250 in 2019 and its website had 30,000 visitors.^[4]

Jeff Byrd purchased the paper in 1989^[5] and sold it in 2010 to Boone Newspapers Inc. of Tuscaloosa, Ala.^[6]

Its offices are housed in the Bank of Tryon Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[7]^[8]

The paper doesn't carry any wire stories; as its publisher, Jeff Byrd, said in 1993, "It's all local. It's a community paper. That's what people want here."^[5] It features columns from 15 local residents, reader photos, a large letters to the editor section and a community calendar.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Finkler, Michelle (2009-08-02). "User-generated content is all the rave, but it's old hat for N.C. paper". Inland Press Association. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
^ "Tryon Daily Bulletin". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
^ "Tryon Daily Bulletin, History". Tryon Daily Bulletin. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
^ Editor & Publisher DataBook (Dailies). Florida: Editor & Publisher Magazine. 2019. pp. I-218.
^ ^a ^b Lauterer, Jock (2006). Community Journalism: Relentlessly Local. University of North Carolina Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-0-8078-5629-1.
^ Glancy, Gary (2010-08-21). "Tryon Daily Bulletin changes owners, keeping a local focus". GoUpstate. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Clay Griffith (August 2007). "Bank of Tryon Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.