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In coming days, you will see changes in the print edition of The Salt Lake Tribune. These modifications are necessary to reduce the costs of publishing a daily newspaper at a time when many newspapers, including The Tribune, face revenue challenges.
The changes are intended to preserve our core mission of being the most reliable, informative and valuable news source in Utah, a newspaper and website that serve our readers and all residents of Utah.
Our commitment to watchdog, explanatory, analytical and investigative journalism will not change, nor will our devotion to engaging and informative sports, arts and entertainment coverage. Our opinion pages will remain focused, and, when appropriate, provocative. There will be no changes in what news we cover, or how aggressively we cover it, and all of it will continue to be published online at sltrib.com.
Beginning this week, the Tuesday newspaper will resemble Monday's edition with a single news section including Utah, national and world news, a page of business news and our opinion pages. The second section will be sports.
Monday and Tuesday are the days of lowest print circulation, so it makes sense to condense on those days to two sections.
Another major change is that Robert Kirby's Tuesday column will move to Thursday.
Beginning the week of March 7, we no longer will print a daily guide to prime time television programming. Our thinking is that this information is readily available elsewhere, and our newspaper is not the source for many TV viewers. But for those who still want a printed guide, Utah Media Group, which prints and distributes The Tribune, will deliver one to subscribers for 75 cents per week. (To order, call 1-888-584-6688.)
Also beginning March 7 is a 50 percent reduction in the number of daily comics we run. (Our Sunday offerings will remain largely the same.) We also will discontinue the daily horoscope, bridge and advice columns.
In reducing the comics, we tried to maintain a balance between the newer offerings and the legacy strips.
Most of our puzzles will remain. We have heard from many readers, particularly older ones, that puzzles are valuable and appreciated for the mental calisthenics they provide.
Our online offerings of comics and puzzles will not change.
Reading newspapers is a habit that develops over our lifetimes, and we are keenly aware of the disruption this will be for many of you. We have tried to use care in these changes. In coming weeks, if we see that there is a better choice to make, we will adjust to better serve you, our valued readers.
Terry Orme Editor