The documents also contain a response by Welch to the Deseret News' complaints:

• The NAC's consultants found additional press capacity was necessary.

• Circulation is not below industry standards and advertising revenue has increased, albeit at a declining rate. Welch blames the revenue slowing to a soft retail economy and cites a "tough market" of large Mormon families distracted by church duties to allow the time to read a newspaper.

• The Tribune would split costs based on circulation if the Deseret News agrees to split revenues based on that formula as well. The current revenue split is 42 percent to Deseret News and 58 percent to the Tribune.

• The NAC has reported the rationale of capital expenditures to its board. The Tribune's ownership in a paper mill has cut costs for both newspapers and the Tribune never questioned the Deseret News' earlier ownership in a newsprint production company.