Including special editions and the original paper there are currently about 38 papers (including papers not available on the USA site).
Paper began in Japan at vol 00 at April 26, 2002. The Japanese site has all of the Vana'diel Tribune articles up on their site. [1]
USA/Europe edition began at vol 18 at October 28, 2003.
The paper could be accessed via PlayOnline, by clicking "Extras Vana’diel Tribune" ingame while in the Mog House (now defunct), or visiting the official site at PlayOnline.
As of Feburary 27th 2006 The Vana'diel Tribune is no longer being produced, instead "Life in Vana'diel" articles (formerly "Player Related Articles") will show up at the offical website irregulary. However all old issues Of the paper can still be seen.
With the menu redesigning after the release of Treasures of Aht Urhgan, the "/pol" command and the "Tribune" command inside the Mog House were removed, replaced by "/shutdown" and the "Mog Locker" commands, though "/shutdown" is not a new command.
After the POL main site's remodeling, links to the Tribune on the North American front page were removed. The articles are now hosted on Europe's servers. [2]