Monday, February 25, 2008

Albuquerque Tribune signs off

The Albuquerque Tribune published it's last issue on Saturday.

E.W. Scripps Co. tried to sell the afternoon paper for 6 months after deciding the market for the paper was no longer there.

ABOUT THE ALBQUERQUE TRIB:
  • Circulation hit 9,600 in January, it had been 42,000 in 1988.
  • Worked under a JOA with the Albuquerque Journal
  • Won a Pulitzer in 1994 for "The Plutonium Experiment"
  • NewDesigner.com said "The Trib long had a fine reputation as a visual paper."

As for the last one, I had no idea what they looked like. So, I hunted down this recent front page on Wendi Wilkerson's News Page Designer portfolio:

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