When I meet with people who care about The Salt Lake Tribune, they ask me how we’re doing.
And then they brace themselves for bad news. This is understandable. The health of American newspapers has been well documented, and it is not good.
More than a quarter of newspapers have disappeared in the past 15 years. Today, half are owned by financial institutions that routinely lay off journalists, sell assets and raise prices in an effort to maximize profits.
