New Mexico paper to be sold - or close

Don Day August 29th, 2007

EW Scripps has decided to sell or close the Albuquerque Tribune. The Trib is one of the rare remaining afternoon newspapers and operates as part of a joint operating agreement with the morning-delivered Albuquerque Journal. Scripps says the sale will not include rights to the JOA, which will be dissolved no matter the outcome of the buyer search. In 1988, the Tribune had paid circulation of 42,000 - but that number has dropped to about 10,000 copies. Scripps says it will shutter the paper if a buyer can’t be found in “a reasonable amount of time.”