Salt Lake Tribune ceases daily printing, switches to weekly

The Salt Lake Tribune will stop printing and delivering a daily edition at year’s end and switch to a weekly printed newspaper delivered by mail, the paper’s board of directors announced following the Tribune’s and Deseret News’ joint decision to end a generations-long print partnership. The move ends a 68-year-old business contract. The Tribune states […]

Salt Lake Tribune executive editor Napier-Pearce departs

Jennifer Napier-Pearce, executive editor of Salt Lake Tribune, has resigned. The veteran journalist has steered Utah’s largest daily newspaper since August 2016. She sent her letter of resignation Monday, which was accepted on Tuesday, with her last working day being Aug. 14. “During the past four years as editor, my primary goals have been to […]

Salt Lake Tribune elects board of directors

Salt Lake Tribune owner and publisher Paul Huntsman has announced members of a new board to direct The Tribune into its future as a nonprofit. The IRS granted The Tribune’s request for nonprofit status last fall following years of financial losses and staff layoffs amid declining print ad and subscription revenue. According to reports, the […]

Could the Salt Lake Tribune’s approach work elsewhere?

Paul Huntsman, publisher of Salt Lake Tribune, the nation’s first daily newspaper to be granted nonprofit status, says executives are curious as to if the Tribune’s approach can work elsewhere, according to reports. “I’m surprised, quite frankly, that I’m the first one doing this,” Huntsman said. “I’m not a journalist. I saw how broken the […]