[4] The Mail Tribune was awarded the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Service, for its coverage of corrupt Jackson County politicians.

[5][6] Ottaway Newspapers, the predecessor of Local Media Group purchased the Medford paper in 1973, and also owned the nearby Ashland Daily Tidings.

News Corp. CEO and former Wall Street Journal editor Robert James Thomson indicated that the newspapers were "not strategically consistent with the emerging portfolio" of the company.

[9] GateHouse in turn filed prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 27, 2013, to restructure its debt obligations in order to accommodate the acquisition.

The Mail Tribune's North Fir Street newsroom included reporters, assigning editors, and multimedia staff, copy editing and page design, as well as a separate sports department.