Monday, November 17, 2008

Albuquerque Tribune!

Although they stopped publishing The Albuquerque Tribune in February, their website is still up to give a little glimpse of the past.  In 1933, The Albuquerque Journal, the morning newspaper, and the Albuquerque Tribune, the afternoon one, were the first newspapers to sign a joint operating agreement, even though the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 wasn't around until, well, 1970.  This joint operating agreement meant that the ABQ Journal and the ABQ Tribune would use the same building and the same printing press but still remain completely separate in terms of circulation and content.  The JOA has since disbanded because Albuquerque, like many other cities it's size, did not have enough demand to support two newspapers.
On the main page of the Albuquerque Tribune's website, they have video, photos, stories, polls and links to a podcast.  When the Trib was still being published, they had an option to subscribe to the print and/or the online edition.  Along the top of the page they have the sections News, Sports, Weather, Living, Entertainment, Business, Opinions, Multimedia and Webified.  The Webified section is where they have links to blogs, podcasts, multimedia slideshows and polls.  Webified seems to be the most convergence-like part of the ABQ Trib's website.

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