Judge Won’t Block Sale of Newspaper
A federal judge refused to stop the sale of Utah’s largest newspaper to W. Dean Singleton, rejecting arguments that the newspaper magnate would work with the Mormon Church to stifle the Salt Lake City paper’s independent voice. Managers at the Salt Lake Tribune argued that they had a deal to buy the paper and its holding company from owner AT&T; Corp. and that the sale to Denver-based Media-News Group would violate an option agreement it had with the previous owner to buy the paper in 2002.
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