Rallying for The Salt Lake Tribune as a City Changes

Some members of gay and minority groups in Utah say The Salt Lake Tribune represents their concerns in culturally and ethnically changing Salt Lake City better than the competing paper, The Deseret News, which is owned by the Mormon Church.

And they say that changes made last fall in the joint operating agreement between the publications -- which include cutting The Tribune’s profits in half in exchange for cash and other benefits -- are certain to spell The Tribune’s demise.

Activists like State Senator Jim Dabakis (D-UT), a longtime gay rights advocate, are campaigning to save The Tribune -- though it remains unclear whether The Tribune needs saving.