Newspaper joint operating agreements

The Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 was created to preserve editorial diversity in markets that no longer supported competing daily newspapers. Editorial operations under a joint operating agreement remain separate, while all other operations are combined. Below are the nation's 13 JOAs with the year they expire:

    
            

        	
		
        
                
Newspaper                     Daily circulation   Ownership
    
            

        	
		
        
                
The Cincinnati Enquirer              194,328      Gannett
    
            

        	
		
        
                
The Cincinnati Post                   72,616      E.W. Scripps Co.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
2007
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Deseret News                          68,195      LDS Church
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Salt Lake Tribune                    134,701      AT&T
    
            

        	
		
        
                
2012
    
            

        	
		
        
                
The Honolulu Advertiser              102,236      Gannett
    
            

        	
		
        
                
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin            69,362      Liberty Newspapers
    
            

        	
		
        
                
2012
    
            

        	
		
        
                
The Birmingham News                  150,346      Advance Publications
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Birmingham Post-Herald                25,652      E.W. Scripps Co.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
2015
    
            

        	
		
        
                
The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson        91,561      Pulitzer Publishing
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Tucson Citizen                        42,267      Gannett
    
            

        	
		
        
                
2015
    
            

        	
		
        
                
The Journal-Gazette, Ft. Wayne, Ind.  61,782      Family owned
    
            

        	
		
        
                
The News-Sentinel, Ft. Wayne, Ind.    48,289      Knight Ridder
    
            

        	
		
        
                
2020
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Albuquerque Journal                  113,694      Family owned
    
            

        	
		
        
                
The Albuquerque Tribune               25,061      E.W. Scripps Co.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
2022
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Seattle Post-Intelligencer           197,921      Hearst Newspapers