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Salt Lake Tribune (Firm)

 Organization

Administrative History

The Salt Lake Tribune (1870-) is the largest-circulated daily newspaper in the city of Salt Lake City.

The Salt Lake Tribune was first founded in 1870, as The Mormon Tribune, by William Godbe, Elias L.T. Harrison and Edward W. Tullidge who were all former members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A year later its name was changed to Salt Lake Daily Tribune and Utah Mining Gazette which was soon shortened to The Salt Lake Tribune. In 1873 Frederic Lockley, George F. Prescott and A.M. Hamilton, purchased it and turned it into an anti-Mormon newspaper. However, in 1901 Thomas Kearns, a United States Senator, and David Keith secretly bought it. They eliminated the anti-Mormon overtones. After Keith died in 1918 the Kearns family bought out his share. In 1952 The Tribune entered into a joint operating agreement with the Deseret News and created the Newspaper Agency Corporation. In 2000 The Tribune was sold to Denver, Colorado-based MediaNews Group.

Citation:
wikipedia, Via WWW, August 6, 2015 (The Salt Lake Tribune; b. 1870 by W. Godbe, E.L.T. Harrison, E.W. Tullidge- former LDS Church members; first called The Mormon Tribune later changed to Salt Lake Daily Tribune and Utah Mining Gazette shortened to The Salt Lake Tribune; 1873 F. Lockley, G.F. Prescott and A.M. Hamilton purchased it into anti-Mormon newspaper; 1901 Senator Thomas Kearns and David Keith puchased it; eliminated anti-Mormon; 1918 Kieth died and Kearns bought his share; 1952 Tribune joint agreement with Deseret created NAC. 2000 Tribune sold to Denver, CO MediaNews Group)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Will W. Bowman collection of Salt Lake Tribune records, 1937-1940

 Series
Identifier: MSS 88 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains internal memorandums, budgets, and other records from the Salt Lake Tribune produced during Bowman's time at the paper. Also includes a compilation of newspaper clippings by Bowman. Materials date from between 1937 and 1940.

Dates: 1937-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 88, Will W. Bowman papers

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