Newspaper Joint Operating Agreements
The Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 was created to preserve a diversity of editorial opinion in communities where the market no longer supported two competing daily newspapers. Editorial operations under a Joint Operating Agreement remain separate; all other operations are combined. Listed here are the 12 JOAs with the year they expire.
| Albuquerque Journal The Albuquerque Tribune |
2022 |
| The Birmingham News Birmingham Post-Herald |
2015 |
| The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail |
2036 |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer The Cincinnati Post |
20071 |
| Denver Rocky Mountain News The Denver Post |
2051 |
| Detroit Free Press The Detroit News |
2086 |
| The Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind. The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. |
2050 |
| Las Vegas Review-Journal The Las Vegas Sun |
2049 |
| The Salt Lake City Deseret News Salt Lake Tribune |
2012 |
| Seattle Post-Intelligencer The Seattle Times |
20832 |
| The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Tucson Citizen |
2015 |
| The York (Pa.) Dispatch York (Pa.) Daily Record |
2024 |
1. Gannett Co. Inc., publisher of the Enquirer, announced in January of 2004 that it does not intend to renew the JOA with The E.W. Scripps Co., publisher of the Post, past the Dec. 31, 2007 expiration date.
2. Status of Seattle JOA is subject to pending litigation as of May 2004.
Source: NAA
2. Status of Seattle JOA is subject to pending litigation as of May 2004.
Source: NAA