''The Albuquerque Tribune'' was an afternoon newspaper in

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, founded in 1922 by Carlton Cole Magee as ''Magee's Independent''. It was published in the afternoon and evening Monday through Saturday. Scott Ware served as editor from 1995 to 2001. Other notable journalists who worked at the Tribune included Ollie Reed, Joline Gutierrez Krueger, and Terri Burke, who later served as the executive director of the Texas ACLU. On February 20, 2008,

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announced that the ''Tribune'' would close, effective February 23, 2008. The closure followed a seven-month effort by the company to sell the paper, which had declined in circulation from 42,000 in 1988 to about 10,000 in 2008. Governor

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declared the paper's last day "Albuquerque Tribune Day" in his state, to "celebrate the ''Tribunes long and proud history and its honorable service to the state."Governor Richardson Proclaims Albuquerque Tribune Day
a press release from the Office of New Mexico's Governor

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of ''The Albuquerque Tribune'' won the

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in 1994 for her series entitled "The Plutonium Experiment", a series about

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that took place at the Walter E. Fernald State School of Massachusetts, among other locations.

Logo

The paper's logo and the logo of the entire Scripps-Howard newspaper chain, depicting a lighthouse, was inspired by founder Magee's original slogan: "Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way"; the slogan had been adopted from

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Joint operating agreement

On February 20, 1933, ''The Albuquerque Tribune'' formed the nation's first

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(JOA), entitled the "Albuquerque Plan," with the ''

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'' in response to the

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. The JOA established the Albuquerque Publishing Company and merged the ''Albuquerque Evening Journal'' with the ''Tribune'' (which at this point changed its name from the ''New Mexico State Tribune'' to ''The Albuquerque Tribune''.) ''The Albuquerque Tribune'' and ''Albuquerque Journal'' merged presses, advertising and circulation while remaining as separate editorial entities. As part of the joint operating agreement, the ''Tribune'' was to be a local newspaper only, focusing on issues in the Albuquerque metropolitan area. Although the JOA ended when Scripps shut down the newspaper, Scripps retained its stake (about 40%) in Albuquerque Publishing Company, giving Scripps a corresponding share in any future ''Albuquerque Journal'' profits. ''Tribune'' Is Gone — But Scripps Still Sharing Profits In Albuquerque
, a February 25, 2008 article from ''

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'' Scripps had not offered to sell its share in the JOA when it attempted to sell the paper, something that ''

'' noted was another factor in Scripps' inability to find a buyer for the ''Tribune''.

References

External links

Scripps subsidiary profile of ''The Albuquerque Tribune
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