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The Newspaper Agency Corporation Inc. (or NAC or NACorp) is a printing, delivery and advertising company jointly owned by the ''Deseret Morning News'' and ''The Salt Lake Tribune'', the two major daily newspapers in Salt Lake City, Utah. ==History== Starting in 1948 long-time rivals the ''Deseret News'' and ''The Salt Lake Tribune'', along with several newspapers in the country, were experiencing financial troubles. The ''News'' had begun an aggressive plan to win new subscribers, including improving content as well as offering prizes to new readers. The ''Deseret News'' had been floundering for years while ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' controlled market share, although the ''Tribune'' still felt economic pressure. Rising printing costs also contributed to this decline. In 1952 the two papers worked out a 30-year agreement, known as the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA). The agreement, founding the NAC, combined the expenses of press, advertising, circulation and mechanical departments, while still maintaining separate newsrooms. Longtime ''Tribune'' publisher John F. Fitzpatrick was the architect of the NAC. He approached his friend and LDS President David O. McKay with the idea. Fitzpatrick's brainchild, the JOA would ensure the continuation of the ''News'' while keeping the dominant position of the ''Tribune'' in the state. Without this agreement the ''Deseret News'' may have fallen into ruin after a failed subscription promotional effort. The agreement also allowed the ''Tribune'' to sell its lackluster afternoon paper, the ''Salt Lake Telegram'' to the ''News'', which was then an evening paper. The ''Telegram'' promptly ceased publication. There was much confusion early on; many people confused joint presses with joint newsrooms. Adding to this confusion, beginning in 1952 the ''Deseret News'' stopped printing a Sunday edition. ''News'' subscribers would receive a Sunday copy of the ''Tribune'' instead. The NAC was the subject of congressional antitrust investigations during the 1960s, but in 1970 Richard Nixon signed the Newspaper Preservation Act, protecting the NAC. The JOA was renewed in 1982. The agreement negotiated between publishers Wendell J. Ashton of the ''Deseret News'' and John W. Gallivan of ''The Salt Lake Tribune'', allowed the ''Deseret News'' to print a Sunday paper again.〔("Deseret News to start Sunday Edition in 1983," Deseret News, May 19, 1982 )〕 The new agreement is in effect until 2012. In a move thought to be an embrace of the "convergence" of newspaper, radio, television and the Internet, NAC is planning to change its name to "Media One," thereby ridding itself of the notion that it is solely dedicated to the production of only newspapers. However the confusion carried over from the NAC still exists with most advertisers and subscribers alike. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newspaper Agency Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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