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The '''Liberty Tree''' is a fictional newspaper that serves [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] in various [[Grand Theft Auto]] games. The Liberty Tree has been "Promoting Family values for over 50 years", and has existed at least 50 years of service, with their slogan being "Yesterday's News Today". Each issue costs $1.00 in Liberty City, and can be read online as well. It is a play on [[:wp:The New York Times|The New York Times]].
{{infobox business|
|image = LibertyTree-GTAIII-logo2.png
|size = 350x350px
|game_1 = GTA III
|game_2 = GTA Advance
|game_3 = GTA Liberty City Stories
|game_4 = GTA IV
|game_5 = TLAD
|game_6 = TBOGT
|game_7 = GTA Chinatown Wars
|game_8 = GTA V
|name = Liberty Tree
|type = [[:Category:Newspapers|Newspaper]]
|owner = [[Donald Love]]/[[Love Media]] (<small>[[3D Universe]]</small>)
|location = [[Bedford Point]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] (<small>[[3D Universe]]</small>)
|affiliation =
|missions = [[L.C. Confidential]], [[The Passion of the Heist]], [[Karmageddon]] & [[False Idols]]
|employee = '''[[3D Universe]]'''<br />[[Peter Armstrong]], [[Johnnie Blain]], [[Kristen Burns]], [[Chris Carruthers]], [[Howard Child]], [[Paul Civille]], [[Beverly Clamhopper]], [[Frenchie Cockmaven]], [[Julius Cohen]], [[E. Crume]], [[Kelly Sue DeConnick]], [[Ken Dellamonica]], [[Trudy Fink]], [[Anul Garbaskar]], [[Clint Glen]], [[Bob Jefferson]], [[Walt Jefferson]], [[Thomas Jones]], [[Walt Karl]], [[Irene Kelly]], [[Wayne Koff]], [[Jayne Kwiatowski]], [[Gregory Lau]], [[Bob Malkin]], [[Paul Marchiando]], [[William Mazyck]], [[Benjamin Mill]], [[Paul Mill]], [[Nicholas Morris]], [[Gaylord Morrisen]], [[Andre Perkins]], [[Frederic Pierce]], [[Mark Reed]], [[Brian Robinson]], [[Johnny Ryan]], [[Amy Salzburg]], [[Thomas Shaw]], [[Joel Stahlman]], [[Thomas Stewart]], [[Bill Tautz]], [[Adam Tedman]], [[Jeffrey Veselik]] & [[Stan Wayridge]]<br />'''[[HD Universe]]'''<br />[[Andrea Anderson]], [[TJ Barry]], [[Sean Brown]], [[Ian Garraway]], [[Tony Smith]], [[Michael Wayne]] & [[Mary Williamson]]
}}
The '''Liberty Tree''' is a fictional newspaper that serves [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] in various [[Grand Theft Auto]] games. The Liberty Tree has been "Promoting Family values for over 50 years", and has existed for at least 50 years of service, with their slogan being "Yesterday's News Today". Each issue costs $1.00 in Liberty City, and can be read online as well. It is a play on [[:wp:The New York Times|The New York Times]].


==Events==
== Events ==
===GTA Liberty City Stories===
=== GTA Liberty City Stories ===
[[Image:Libertytreeissue.png|Alt text|thumb|right|The instruction manual of [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], fashioned as an October 1998 issue of the Liberty Tree newspaper.]]
The map that accompanied the game had a map provided by the newspaper. Liberty Tree was featured prominently in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] through [[Ned Burner]], who pretends to be a preacher. He gives missions to [[protagonist]] [[Toni Cipriani]] from a confessional box in the cathedral in [[Bedford Point]], saying that they will help save him. The first [[L.C. Confidential|mission]] is to retrieve a briefcase from an FBI informant before he hands it to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], and then delivering it to the Liberty Tree offices. Cipriani then [[The Passion of the Heist|steals another briefcase containing diamonds]], and then [[Karmageddon|creates chaos]] on [[Staunton Island]] whilst driving a [[Firetruck]]. The final [[False Idols|mission]] for Burner was killing three celebrities ([[Faith W.]], [[DB-P]] and [[Black Lightman]]) on their way to an interview with [[Liberty City Free Radio]]. Burner would report on each story: the first about an athlete on steroids, the stealing of diamonds, chaos on Staunton Island and the death of three celebrities. Burner would eventually be [[Stop the Press|killed]] by Cipriani on orders from [[Donald Love]] as Burner witnessed the [[Panlantic Land Grab|killing]] of [[Avery Carrington]].
The map that accompanied the game had a map provided by Liberty Tree. Liberty Tree featured prominently in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] through [[Ned Burner]], who pretends to be a preacher. He gives missions to [[Protagonist|protagonist]] [[Toni Cipriani]] from a confessional box in the cathedral in [[Bedford Point]], saying that they will help save him. The first [[L.C. Confidential|mission]] is to retrieve a briefcase from an FBI informant before he hands it to the [[FBI]], and then delivering it to the Liberty Tree offices. Cipriani then [[The Passion of the Heist|steals another briefcase containing diamonds]], and then [[Karmageddon|creates chaos]] on [[Staunton Island]] whilst driving a [[Firetruck]]. The final [[False Idols|mission]] for Burner was killing three celebrities ([[Faith W.]], [[DB-P]] and [[Black Lightman]]) on their way to an interview with [[Liberty City Free Radio]]. Burner would report on each story: the first about an athlete on steroids, the stealing of diamonds, chaos on Staunton Island and the death of three celebrities. Burner would eventually be [[Stop the Press|killed]] by Cipriani on orders from [[Donald Love]] as Burner witnessed the [[Panlantic Land Grab|killing]] of [[Avery Carrington]].


===GTA III===
Unrelated to the plot, the User Guide for Liberty City Stories is in the form of a copy of the Liberty Tree.
[[Image:Liberty Tree building.jpg|left|thumb|The Liberty Tree building on [[Staunton Island]].]]
 
=== GTA III ===
[[File:LibertyTreeBuilding-GTAIII-exterior.jpg|right|thumb|190px|The Liberty Tree building on [[Staunton Island]].]]
Liberty Tree does not feature during [[Grand Theft Auto III]], however a Liberty Tree website was used as a teaser site. Articles appeared on the [[Characters in GTA III|characters]] such as [[Salvatore Leone]], Toni Cipriani, [[Joey Leone]], [[Luigi Goterelli]], [[Donald Love]], [[Barry Harcross]] and Mayor [[Miles O’Donovan]].
Liberty Tree does not feature during [[Grand Theft Auto III]], however a Liberty Tree website was used as a teaser site. Articles appeared on the [[Characters in GTA III|characters]] such as [[Salvatore Leone]], Toni Cipriani, [[Joey Leone]], [[Luigi Goterelli]], [[Donald Love]], [[Barry Harcross]] and Mayor [[Miles O’Donovan]].


===GTA IV===
=== GTA IV ===
Accordong to the GTA IV documentary, [[A History of Liberty City]], the first Liberty Tree newspaper came out in 1835, however citizens complained about this as they wanted less political news and more dirtier news, like murder and rape.
 
In [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], the Liberty Tree can be read on the in-game internet on the [[Libertytreeonline.com|Liberty Tree website]]. It shows the happenings of the city, along with Niko's exploits. The Liberty Tree name is found on some [[Steed]] trucks. A Liberty Tree newspaper can be seen in certain interiors, with [[Manny Escuela]] on the front page.
In [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], the Liberty Tree can be read on the in-game internet on the [[Libertytreeonline.com|Liberty Tree website]]. It shows the happenings of the city, along with Niko's exploits. The Liberty Tree name is found on some [[Steed]] trucks. A Liberty Tree newspaper can be seen in certain interiors, with [[Manny Escuela]] on the front page.


==News reporters==
In Grand Theft Auto IV, Liberty Tree newspapers are sold in newspaper vending machines on busy roads and in food kiosks, although they can not be purchased by the player. However, driving very hard and fast into one of the vending machines will break it and send newspapers flying around in the air.
[[File:NedBurner-GTALCS.jpg|right|thumb|Ned Burner]]
 
*[[Adam Tedman]]
== News reporters ==
*[[Amy Salzburg]]
* [[Peter Armstrong]]
*[[Andre Perkins]]
* [[Johnnie Blain]]
*[[Anul Garbaskar]]
* [[Kristen Burns]]
*[[Benjamin Mill]]
* [[Chris Carruthers]]
*[[Beverly Clamhopper]]
* [[Howard Child]]
*[[Bill Tautz]]
* [[Paul Civille]]
*[[Bob Jefferson]]
* [[Beverly Clamhopper]]
*[[Bob Malkin]]
* [[Frenchie Cockmaven]]
*[[Brian Robinson]]
* [[Julius Cohen]]
*[[Chris Carruthers]]
* [[E. Crume]]
*[[Clint Glen]]
* [[Kelly Sue DeConnick]]
*[[E. Crume]]
* [[Ken Dellamonica]]
*[[Frederic Pierce]]
* [[Trudy Fink]]
*[[Frenchie Cockmaven]]
* [[Anul Garbaskar]]
*[[Gaylord Morrisen]]
* [[Clint Glen]]
*[[Gregory Lau]]
* [[Bob Jefferson]]
*[[Howard Child]]
* [[Walt Jefferson]]
*[[Irene Kelly]]
* [[Thomas Jones]]
*[[Jayne Kwiatowski]]
* [[Walt Karl]]
*[[Jeffrey Veselik]]
* [[Irene Kelly]]
*[[Joel Stahlman]]
* [[Wayne Koff]]
*[[Johnnie Blain]]
* [[Jayne Kwiatowski]]
*[[Johnny Ryan]]
* [[Gregory Lau]]
*[[Julius Cohen]]
* [[Bob Malkin]]
*[[Kelly Sue DeConnick]]
* [[Paul Marchiando]]
*[[Ken Dellamonica]]
* [[William Mazyck]]
*[[Kristen Burns]]
* [[Benjamin Mill]]
*[[Louie Schaffer]]
* [[Paul Mill]]
*[[Mark Reed]]
* [[Nicholas Morris]]
*[[Morgan Merryweather]]
* [[Gaylord Morrisen]]
*[[Ned Burner]]
* [[Andre Perkins]]
*[[Nicholas Morris]]
* [[Frederic Pierce]]
*[[Paul Civille]]
* [[Mark Reed]]
*[[Paul Marchiando]]
* [[Brian Robinson]]
*[[Paul Mill]]
* [[Johnny Ryan]]
*[[Peter Armstrong]]
* [[Amy Salzburg]]
*[[Stan Wayridge]]
* [[Thomas Shaw]]
*[[Thomas Jones]]
* [[Joel Stahlman]]
*[[Thomas Shaw]]
* [[Thomas Stewart]]
*[[Thomas Stewart]]
* [[Bill Tautz]]
*[[Trudy Fink]]
* [[Adam Tedman]]
*[[Walt Jefferson]]
* [[Jeffrey Veselik]]
*[[Walt Karl]]
* [[Stan Wayridge]]
*[[William Mazyck]]


== Newspaper sections ==
== Newspaper sections ==
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* TV Listings
* TV Listings


==Gallery==
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
<gallery captionalign="left">
File:Liberty Tree Newspaper.png|A Liberty Tree newspaper in GTA III
File:Introduction-GTAIII7.jpg|A Liberty Tree newspaper in GTA III.
File:LibertyTreeNewspaper.png|A Liberty Tree newspaper in GTA IV
File:LibertyTree-GTALCS-gamemanual.png|The instruction manual of [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], fashioned as an October 1998 issue of the Liberty Tree newspaper.
File:LibertyTree-GTALCS-newspaper.jpg|The sport section of a Liberty Tree newspaper in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]].
File:NedBurner-GTALCS.jpg|News reporter, Ned Burner.
File:LibertyTree-GTAIV-DonaldLove.jpg|A Liberty Tree newspaper in GTA IV, featuring [[Donald Love]].
File:LibertyTree-GTAIV-newspaper.png|A Liberty Tree newspaper in GTA IV.
File:LibertyTree-GTAIV-advert.png|Advertisement in GTA IV.
File:LibertyTree-GTACW-advert.jpg|Advertisement in GTA Chinatown Wars.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==See also==
== See also ==
*[[:Category:Liberty Tree Articles|List of Liberty Tree articles - GTA III]]
* Official websites of the Liberty Tree:
*[[Libertytreeonline.com|www.libertytreeonline.com - GTA IV]]
* [[:Category:Liberty Tree Articles|List of articles at the Liberty Tree website in GTA III]]
* [[Libertytreeonline.com|libertytreeonline.com in GTA IV]]
 
== External link ==
* [http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/ Liberty Tree teaser website for GTA III]


==External link==
*[http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/ Liberty Tree teaser website for GTA III]
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[[Category:Newspapers]]
[[Category:Liberty City in GTA III]]
[[Category:Liberty City in GTA IV]]
[[Category:Businesses]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA III]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA III]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA Advance]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA Liberty City Stories]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA Liberty City Stories]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA IV]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA IV]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA Chinatown Wars]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA V]]
[[Category:Businesses in Liberty City in GTA III Era]]
[[Category:Businesses in Liberty City in GTA IV Era]]
[[Category:Media]]
[[Category:Media]]

Revision as of 19:23, 11 April 2015

Business
Liberty Tree
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Game GTA III
GTA Advance
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA IV
The Lost and Damned
The Ballad of Gay Tony
GTA Chinatown Wars
GTA V
Type of business Newspaper
Owner(s) Donald Love/Love Media (3D Universe)
Location(s) Bedford Point, Liberty City (3D Universe)
Mission appearance(s) L.C. Confidential, The Passion of the Heist, Karmageddon & False Idols
Employee(s) 3D Universe
Peter Armstrong, Johnnie Blain, Kristen Burns, Chris Carruthers, Howard Child, Paul Civille, Beverly Clamhopper, Frenchie Cockmaven, Julius Cohen, E. Crume, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Ken Dellamonica, Trudy Fink, Anul Garbaskar, Clint Glen, Bob Jefferson, Walt Jefferson, Thomas Jones, Walt Karl, Irene Kelly, Wayne Koff, Jayne Kwiatowski, Gregory Lau, Bob Malkin, Paul Marchiando, William Mazyck, Benjamin Mill, Paul Mill, Nicholas Morris, Gaylord Morrisen, Andre Perkins, Frederic Pierce, Mark Reed, Brian Robinson, Johnny Ryan, Amy Salzburg, Thomas Shaw, Joel Stahlman, Thomas Stewart, Bill Tautz, Adam Tedman, Jeffrey Veselik & Stan Wayridge
HD Universe
Andrea Anderson, TJ Barry, Sean Brown, Ian Garraway, Tony Smith, Michael Wayne & Mary Williamson
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The Liberty Tree is a fictional newspaper that serves Liberty City in various Grand Theft Auto games. The Liberty Tree has been "Promoting Family values for over 50 years", and has existed for at least 50 years of service, with their slogan being "Yesterday's News Today". Each issue costs $1.00 in Liberty City, and can be read online as well. It is a play on The New York Times.

Events

GTA Liberty City Stories

The map that accompanied the game had a map provided by the newspaper. Liberty Tree was featured prominently in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories through Ned Burner, who pretends to be a preacher. He gives missions to protagonist Toni Cipriani from a confessional box in the cathedral in Bedford Point, saying that they will help save him. The first mission is to retrieve a briefcase from an FBI informant before he hands it to the FBI, and then delivering it to the Liberty Tree offices. Cipriani then steals another briefcase containing diamonds, and then creates chaos on Staunton Island whilst driving a Firetruck. The final mission for Burner was killing three celebrities (Faith W., DB-P and Black Lightman) on their way to an interview with Liberty City Free Radio. Burner would report on each story: the first about an athlete on steroids, the stealing of diamonds, chaos on Staunton Island and the death of three celebrities. Burner would eventually be killed by Cipriani on orders from Donald Love as Burner witnessed the killing of Avery Carrington.

Unrelated to the plot, the User Guide for Liberty City Stories is in the form of a copy of the Liberty Tree.

GTA III

The Liberty Tree building on Staunton Island.

Liberty Tree does not feature during Grand Theft Auto III, however a Liberty Tree website was used as a teaser site. Articles appeared on the characters such as Salvatore Leone, Toni Cipriani, Joey Leone, Luigi Goterelli, Donald Love, Barry Harcross and Mayor Miles O’Donovan.

GTA IV

Accordong to the GTA IV documentary, A History of Liberty City, the first Liberty Tree newspaper came out in 1835, however citizens complained about this as they wanted less political news and more dirtier news, like murder and rape.

In Grand Theft Auto IV, the Liberty Tree can be read on the in-game internet on the Liberty Tree website. It shows the happenings of the city, along with Niko's exploits. The Liberty Tree name is found on some Steed trucks. A Liberty Tree newspaper can be seen in certain interiors, with Manny Escuela on the front page.

In Grand Theft Auto IV, Liberty Tree newspapers are sold in newspaper vending machines on busy roads and in food kiosks, although they can not be purchased by the player. However, driving very hard and fast into one of the vending machines will break it and send newspapers flying around in the air.

News reporters

Newspaper sections

  • Business
  • Classifieds
  • Column
  • Comics
  • Entertainment
  • Employment
  • Forum
  • GORE
  • Horoscope
  • Hypocrisy
  • Lifestyle
  • Lottery
  • Marketplace
  • News
  • Puzzles
  • Real Estate
  • Reviews
  • Sports
  • Traffic
  • Travel
  • TV Listings

Gallery

  • A Liberty Tree newspaper in GTA III.

    A Liberty Tree newspaper in GTA III.

  • The instruction manual of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, fashioned as an October 1998 issue of the Liberty Tree newspaper.

    The instruction manual of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, fashioned as an October 1998 issue of the Liberty Tree newspaper.

  • The sport section of a Liberty Tree newspaper in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

    The sport section of a Liberty Tree newspaper in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

  • News reporter, Ned Burner.

    News reporter, Ned Burner.

  • A Liberty Tree newspaper in GTA IV, featuring Donald Love.

    A Liberty Tree newspaper in GTA IV, featuring Donald Love.

  • A Liberty Tree newspaper in GTA IV.

    A Liberty Tree newspaper in GTA IV.

  • Advertisement in GTA IV.

    Advertisement in GTA IV.

  • Advertisement in GTA Chinatown Wars.

    Advertisement in GTA Chinatown Wars.

See also

External link

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