| Show UTAH SIX SURVIVING DAILIES dailies were silent onlookers the press association joined National Newspaper Association in opposing the Joint Operating Agreement under which the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News had in 1952 created Newspaper Agency Corporation It was under fire after the Justice Department convictedsimilar Tucson Arizona combine of violating the Sherman AntiTrust Act and the Star and Citizen were ordered to separate The 20-plus such newspaper combines scattered across the United States instead banded together and sought Congressional immunity from the anti-trust statute as Sen Karl Hayden of Arizona introduced the Failing Newspaper Act After hearing pro and con testimony for several years both the House and Senate did ratify what had been renamed the Newspaper Preservation Act legalizing the JOAs under Justice Department scrutiny and protecting the merged papers from anti-trust action Now and then on the other hand common objective brought the dailies and weeklies together When it did the weekly association providedbase around which to rally Legislative activities generally provoked the reaction needed to unite the statenewspapers but now and then some other situation was responsible Infrequentlymutual advertising goal was the aggravating factor One such incident pitted the press and the State Liquor Commission over limitations on distillery advertising Two aspects were at issue One was the diminished dollar volume for those papers accepting such advertisements The other wasperceived infringement on First Amendment guarantees in prohibitingmanufacturer properly promoting his product Another issue which pitted the association and the Public Service Commission concerned the cost-allocation of utility advertising Through the years the weekly press marked its progress and cited its accomplishments through UPA But while the dailies werenon record there they too were imprinting their achievements on Utahjournalistic scene In order that they not go unrecognized the centennial history urged each of those papers to prepare its own review 135 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
