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Sarah ScireSeptember 4, 2024

The Salt Lake Tribune, profitable and growing, seeks to rid itself of that “necessary evil” — the paywall

The first daily newspaper in the U.S. to become a nonprofit has published a refreshingly readable and transparent annual report.

Sarah ScireJuly 20, 2023

The Salt Lake Tribune will experiment with a “free-for-all model” after acquiring a Utah weekly

The Moab Times-Independent, owned for generations by the Taylor family, will be donated to the Tribune. The newspaper will transition to free in print for Moab residents and free online for all.

Sarah ScireNovember 29, 2021

Now nonprofit, The Salt Lake Tribune has achieved something rare for a local newspaper: financial sustainability

The Salt Lake Tribune’s transition to nonprofit status has been closely watched in the news industry. “The opportunity for us to prove that this can work is significant and so is the responsibility.”

Christine SchmidtNovember 14, 2019

Wondering how The Salt Lake Tribune got 501(c)(3) status? Here’s their entire application to the IRS — and the IRS’s response

Attention, local newspaper owners: This is now a proven, IRS-approved path to convert your money-losing daily into a community nonprofit. Give it some thought.

Karen LongwellNovember 6, 2019

When a newspaper struggles, you don’t have to close it — you can give it to its community

In Quebec, a community facing the death of its local paper instead worked together to rebuild it as a community nonprofit.

Christine SchmidtNovember 4, 2019

Meet The Salt Lake Tribune, 501(c)(3): The IRS has granted nonprofit status to a daily newspaper for the first time

It’s a big step for Salt Lake City — but also a major opening for other newspapers who might find nonprofit status a more appealing alternative than selling or closing down.

Christine SchmidtJune 3, 2019

Here’s The Salt Lake Tribune’s plan for securing 501(c)(3) status

Now it’ll take the IRS judging whether a nonprofit newspaper needs to stick to hard news of civic importance — or whether it can cover Jazz games too.

Ken DoctorApril 9, 2018

Newsonomics: The Denver Post’s protest should launch a new era of “calling B.S.”

This is a golden age of American protest. It’s time to stand up and fight the vulture owners hollowing out local news.

Joseph LichtermanOctober 26, 2015

In Utah, hundreds of newspaper readers are paying to kill online ads

Since launching in July, The Salt Lake Tribune’s membership program has attracted about 600 paying customers.

Madeline WelshJuly 22, 2015

“People like a website without advertising”: The thinking behind a newspaper’s ad-free membership

“This isn’t going to be the thing that saves journalism or The Salt Lake Tribune, but I think it’s another oar in the water.”

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