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10. “President Ezra Taft Benson: A Sure Voice of Faith,” Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, https://www.lds.org/ensign/1994/07/president-ezra-taft-benson-a-sure-voice-of-faith?lang=eng&_r=1 (accessed August 14, 2016).
11. “Gordon B. Hinckley, 15th President of the Church,” Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2004, https://www.lds.org/churchhistory/presidents/controllers/potcController.jsp?topic=facts&leader=15 (accessed August 13, 2016).
12. Robert Lindsey, A Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Monday, Murder, and Deceit (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988), p. 41; Wikipedia, s.v. “Mark Hofmann,” last updated August 2, 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hofmann (accessed August 23, 2017).
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Lindsey, Gathering of Saints, pp. 68–69.
16. Ibid., pp. 66–69.
17. Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999), p. 253; Wikipedia, s.v. “Mark Hofmann.”
18. Ibid.
19. Lindsey, Gathering of Saints, pp. 80–81.
20. Ibid., pp. 118–19.
21. Ibid., pp. 95, 98.
22. Ibid., pp. 100–106.
23. Ibid., p. 377.
24. Brian Innes, Fakes and Forgeries: The True Crime Stories of History's Greatest Deceptions (Pleasantville, NY: Readers Digest, 2005), pp. 132–34.
25. Lindsey, Gathering of Saints, p. 147.
26. Ibid., pp. 179–82.
27. Ibid.
28. Ibid., p. 21.
29. Jim Woolf, in discussion with the author, January 9, 2015.
30. Woolf, in discussion with the author, April 11, 2015; Mike Carter, in discussion with the author, December 7, 2015.
31. Wikipedia, s.v. “Mark Hofmann.”
32. Dallin H. Oaks, “Recent Events Involving Church History and Forged Documents” (talk, Brigham Young University, August 6, 1987), https://www.lds.org/ensign/1987/10/recent-events-involving-church-history-and-forged-documents?lang=eng&_r=1 (accessed August 8, 2016).
33. Richard E. Turley, Victims: The LDS Church and the Mark Hofmann Case (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 1992); Wikipedia, s.v. “Mark Hofmann.”
34. Ostling and Ostling, Mormon America, p. 252.
35. Lindsey, Gathering of Saints, pp. 372–73.
36. Ibid.
CHAPTER 23: MOUNTAIN MEADOWS REDUX
1. James E. Shelledy, in discussion with the author, September 26, 2016.
2. This and the following information and quotes from Christopher Smith, “Unearthing Mountain Meadows Secrets: Backhoe at a S. Utah Killing Field Rips Open 142-Year-Old Wound,” Salt Lake Tribune, March 12, 2000, http://www.cesnur.org/testi/morm_01.htm (accessed August 23, 2017). Original text courtesy of Will Bagley, 2014.
3. This and the following information and quotes from Christopher Smith, “Voices of the Dead,” Salt Lake Tribune, March 13, 2000, http://www.cesnur.org/testi/morm_01.htm (accessed August 23, 2017). Original text courtesy of Will Bagley, 2014.
4. This and the following information and quotes from Christopher Smith, “Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Dilemma of Blame,” Salt Lake Tribune, March 14, 2000, http://www.cesnur.org/testi/morm_01.htm (accessed August 23, 2017). Original text courtesy of Will Bagley, 2014.
5. Dominic Welch, in discussion with the author, October 21, 2015.
6. Ibid.
7. Peter Waldman, “AT&T's Plan to Sell Newspaper Adds Fuel to a Salt Lake Feud,” Wall Street Journal, October 6, 2000, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB970793627452042902 (accessed December 20, 2016).
8. Welch, in discussion with the author.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Waldman, “AT&T's Plan.”
13. Shelledy, in discussion with the author.
CHAPTER 24: MEDIANEWS GROUP BUYS THE TRIBUNE
1. Kearns Tribune Meeting, “The Quest No. 14,” Utah Newspaper Project/Two Voices, October 21, 1998, http://www.utahnewspaperproject.org/The-Quest (accessed August 8, 2016).
2. Dominic Welch, in discussion with the author, October 21, 2015.
3. “Robert Gary Gomm,” American Cancer Society, http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=fund&fr_id=9910&pxfid=1041457 (accessed August 16, 2016).
4. John W. Gallivan, “Deseret News vs. Facts” (unpublished manuscript, December 21, 2000). Response to Deseret News claims. Courtesy of Michael D. Gallivan, July 10, 2014.
5. Ibid.
6. Glen Snarr and Gary Gomm to the First Presidency, “The Quest No. 5,” Utah Newspaper Project/Citizens for Two Voices, February 24, 1998, http://www.utahnewspaperproject.org/The-Quest (accessed August 8, 2016).
7. John W. Gallivan “Personal and Confidential” letter to Leo Hindery, July 7, 1999. Courtesy of Michael D. Gallivan.
8. Lucinda Fleeson, “The Battle of Salt Lake,” American Journalism Review (March 2001), http://ajrarchive.org/article.asp?id=335 (accessed August 24, 2017. Hard copy in possession of author courtesy of Will Bagley.
9. Peter Waldman, “AT&T's Plan to Sell Newspaper Adds Fuel to Salt Lake Feud,” Wall Street Journal, October 6, 2000, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB970793627452042902 (accessed August 11, 2016).
10. Fleeson, “Battle of Salt Lake.”
11. “AT&T Inc.: Recipients among Federal Candidates, 2000 Cycle,” OpenSecrets.org, https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=D000000076&chamber=S&party=R&cycle=2000&state=UT&sort=A (accessed August 12, 2016).
12. Michael Vigh, Elizabeth Neff, and Kristen Moulton, “Paper Chase: How the Tribune Slipped Away from a Family and Why the D-News Took Advantage: The Tribune Faces Uncertainty; Option Ruled Valid; So Now What?” Salt Lake Tribune, June 9, 2002, http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=500448&itype=id (accessed August 8, 2016).
13. Philip McCarthey and Tom McCarthey, in discussion with the author, October 19, 2016.
14. Fleeson, “Battle of Salt Lake.”
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Patty Henetz, in discussion with the author, October 8, 2015.
19. Vigh, Neff, and Moulton, “Paper Chase.”
20. Michael Scherer, “The News in Mormon Country,” Columbia Journalism Review 41, no. 6 (March–April 2003): 42, http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9213052/news-mormon-country (accessed August 24, 2017). Printout of article provided by Will Bagley, July 7, 2014.
21. Ibid.
22. Waldman, “AT&T's Plan.”
23. Fleeson, “Battle of Salt Lake.”
24. Ibid.
25. Felicity Barringer, “Media Talk: Managers of Utah Paper Attempt to Block Its Sale,” New York Times, December 4, 2000, http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/04/business/mediatalk-managers-of-utah-paper-attempt-to-block-its-sale.html?_r=0 (accessed August 12, 2016).
26. Philip McCarthey and Tom McCarthey, in discussion with the author, July 8, 2014.
27. Ibid.
28. Welch, in discussion with the author.
29. Fleeson, “Battle of Salt Lake.”
30. Welch, in discussion with the author.
31. Vigh, Neff, and Moulton, “Paper Chase.”
32. Pat Bagley, in discussion with the author, November 4, 2016.
33. Ibid.
34. John W. Gallivan, The Salt Lake Tribune: Guide for Publishers, Editors, Writers, Reporters, Columnists, and all Editorial Contributors (Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Tribune, 1983), pp. 8–9, courtesy Michael D. Gallivan.
35. James E. Shelledy, in discussion with the author, September 26, 2016.
36. Peter Waldman, “Salt Lake Paper Control Shifts in Big Victory for Mormons,” Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2000, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1028140095328962480 (accessed August 11, 2016). See “Timeline.”
37. Natalia Vislyeva, “Huntsman Meets Putin as New U.S. Envoy to Russia,” Salt Lake Tribune, October 4, 2017, http://saltlaketribune.ut.newsmemory.com/?token=4506d18d362782c235b2650c6a1ba525_59d50496_42e7a4e&selDate=20171004 (
accessed October 4, 2017).
38. John W. Gallivan, memo to Jon Huntsman, October 22, 2001. Courtesy of Michael D. Gallivan.
39. Scherer, “News in Mormon Country.”
40. Vigh, Neff, and Moulton, “Paper Chase.”
41. Fleeson, “Battle of Salt Lake.”
CHAPTER 25: THE TRIBUNE'S BUY-BACK OPTION
1. Michael Scherer, “The News in Mormon Country,” Columbia Journalism Review 41, no. 6 (March–April 2003): 42, http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9213052/news-mormon-country (accessed August 24, 2017). Hard copy courtesy of Will Bagley, July 7, 2014.
2. Kearns Tribune Meeting, “The Quest No. 14,” Utah Newspaper Project/Two Voices, October 21, 1998, http://www.utahnewspaperproject.org/The-Quest (accessed August 8, 2016).
3. Scherer, “News from Mormon Country.”
4. Ibid.
5. Ariel Hart, “Singleton Wins? Not So Fast,” Columbia Journalism Review, May–June 2003.
6. Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction, Civil No. 2:00CV936 C, United States Court for the District of Utah, p 29.
7. Philip McCarthey and Tom McCarthey, in discussion with the author, July 8, 2014.
8. Wikipedia, s.v. “Ted Stewart,” last updated July 19, 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Stewart (accessed August 24, 2017).
9. Joan O'Brien, in discussion with the author, November 12, 2015.
10. Philip McCarthey and Tom McCarthey, in discussion with the author, July 8, 2014.
11. Anonymous attorney, in discussion with the author, August 14, 2016.
12. Anonymous attorney, in discussion with the author, March 9, 2016.
13. Philip McCarthey and Tom McCarthey, in discussion with the author, July 8, 2014.
14. Ibid.
15. Michael Vigh, Elizabeth Neff, and Kristen Moulton, “Paper Chase: How the Tribune Slipped Away from a Family and Why the D-News Took Advantage: The Tribune Faces Uncertainty; Option Ruled Valid; So Now What?” Salt Lake Tribune, June 9, 2002, http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=500448&itype=id (accessed August 8, 2016).
16. O'Brien, in discussion with the author.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas Monson, and James E. Faust to John W. Gallivan; Mark R. Peterson to George L. Nelson, “The Quest No. 2,” Utah Newspaper Project, http://www.utahnewspaperproject.org/The-Quest (accessed August 14, 2016).
20. Michael D. Gallivan, 2015, typed, undated note to author.
21. Philip McCarthey and Tom McCarthey, in discussion with the author, October 19, 2016.
CHAPTER 26: SINGLETON BANKRUPT, ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL SWOOPS IN
1. Philip McCarthey and Tom McCarthey, in discussion with the author, October 19, 2016.
2. Lucinda Dillion Kinkead, “Trib Editor Quits amid Enquirer Imbroglio,” Deseret News, May 2, 2003, http://www.deseretnews.com/article/980667/Trib-editor-quits-amid-Enquirer-imbroglio.html?pg=all (accessed August 14, 2016).
3. Author's observations, Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com/ (accessed September 19, 2016).
4. James E. Shelledy, in discussion with the author, September 26, 2016.
5. Michael Roberts, “Dean Singleton Interview about Stepping Down as CEO of MediaNews Group,” Westword, January 19, 2011, http://www.westword.com/news/dean-singleton-interview-about-stepping-down-as-ceo-of-medianews-group-5887595 (accessed September 19, 2016).
6. Mike Spector and Shira Ovide, “Media News Holding Company to Seek Bankruptcy Protection,” Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2010, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703657604575005813195786280 (accessed December 22, 2016).
7. Thomas and Philip McCarthey, in discussion with author, July 8, 2014.
8. Author's personal observation over many years; “Peggy Fletcher Stack,” Christian Century, https://www.christiancentury.org/contributor/peggy-fletcher-stack (accessed October 3, 2017).
9. James E. Shelledy, in discussion with the author, October 6, 2014.
10. Former and present Salt Lake Tribune staff members, in informal discussions with the author, 2015–2016.
11. Renee McGaw, “MediaNews Group Parent Emerges from Chapter 11,” Denver Business Journal, March 19, 2010, http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/03/15/daily69.html (accessed August 14, 2016).
12. A Salt Lake Tribune insider who requested anonymity in conversation with the author, April 12, 2016.
13. Wikipedia, s.v. “MediaNews Group,” last updated August 23, 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaNews_Group (accessed August 23, 2017).
14. Arvid Keeson, “Deseret News Moves to Extradite Demise of Salt Lake Tribune,” Utah Stories, May 27, 2014, http://www.utahstories.com/2014/05/salt-lake-tribune-likely-closure/ (accessed August 12, 2016).
15. A Salt Lake Tribune editor who requested anonymity in discussion and emails with the author, January 12, 2017.
CHAPTER 27: THE NOTE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
1. Tom Harvey, email exchanges with the author, August 15–16, 2016.
2. Tom Harvey, “Tribune Sells Interest in Printing Plant to Rival,” Salt Lake Tribune, October 21, 2013, http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=57026770&itype=CMSID (accessed August 23, 2017).
3. Ibid.
4. Tony Semerad, “Feds Scrutinize Salt Lake Newspapers Deal,” Salt Lake Tribune, April 10, 2014, http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=57791269&itype=CMSID (accessed August 23, 2017).
5. Anonymous source close to JOA provided figures in discussion with the author, 2016.
6. Tony Semerad, “Deseret News CEO: New Deal Protects Tribune Independence,” Salt Lake Tribune, April 22, 2014, reporting on KUER's “Radio West” broadcast of April 20, 2014, http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=57846152&itype=CMSID (accessed August 23, 2017).
7. Joan O'Brien, speech to the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, June 2016. Copy in author's possession.
8. Jay Shelledy, in conversation with the author, September 26, 2016.
9. Jill Lepore, “The Disruption Machine,” New Yorker, June 23, 2014, http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/23/the-disruption-machine (accessed August 14, 2016).
10. “Local Digital News Makes National Play,” NetNewsCheck, April 9, 2012, http://www.netnewscheck.com/article/17993/local-deseret-makes-national-digital-play (accessed August 9, 2016).
11. Clark Gilbert, “Dual Transformation,” and the Sunday Deseret News National Edition (Salt Lake City: Utah Newspaper Project, 2014), http://www.utahnewspaperproject.org/userfiles/file/Absolute%20final%20version%20of%20national%20edition%20report.pdf (accessed December 22, 2016).
12. Anonymous, in discussion with the author, June 2016.
13. Keith McCord, “Layoffs, New Operating Model at Deseret News,” KSL.com, August 31, 2010, http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=12230812 (accessed December 22, 2016).
14. Scott D. Pierce, “May Sweeps: KUTV-Ch. 2 Remains No. 1 in Late-News Household Ratings,” Salt Lake Tribune, May 27, 2016, http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3941019&itype=CMSID (accessed December 22, 2016).
15. Anonymous former LDS Church executive, in conversation with the author, October 25, 2016.
16. Clark Gilbert, “Dual Transformation.”
17. Ibid.
18. Caroline Winter, “How the Mormons Make Money,” Bloomberg, July 18, 2012, https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2012-07-18/how-the-mormons-make-money (accessed August 14, 2016).
19. Joseph Lichterman, “Religious but Not Mormon? The Church-Owned Deseret News Considers You a Growth Market,” Nieman Lab, April 14, 2014, http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/religious-but-not-mormon-the-church-owned-deseret-news-considers-you-a-growth-market/ (accessed January 10, 2017).
20. Clark Gilbert, “Dual Transformation.”
21. John W. Gallivan, “Tribune Sale—The Truth,” December 21, 2000, unpublished response to Deseret News article of December 4, 2000. Courtesy of Michael D. Gallivan.
22. Media One representative,
in discussion with the author, November 16, 2016.
23. Author's observations of Deseret News national edition, October 23, 2016.
24. Joan O'Brien, in discussion with the author, January 18, 2017.
25. James E. Shelledy, in discussion with the author, October 6, 2014.
26. Anonymous former LDS Church executive, in discussion with the author, February 1, 2017.
27. Anonymous former LDS Church executive, in conversation with the author, October 25, 2016.
28. James E. Shelledy in conversation with the author, September 26, 2016.
29. Terry Orme, in conversation with the author, November 2, 2016.
30. Wikipedia, s.v. “Demographics of Utah,” last updated June 19, 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Utah (accessed August 16, 2016).
31. O'Brien, in discussion with the author, August 5, 2016.
32. Ibid.
33. Joan O'Brien et al., letter to John R. Read, US Department of Justice, October 28, 2013, http://www.utahnewspaperproject.org/userfiles/file/Justice%20letter%20redacted%20names%2C%20addr.pdf (accessed August 14, 2016).
34. Anonymous LDS Church insider, in conversation with the author, July 30, 2014.
35. Patty Henetz, in discussion with the author, July 13, 2015.
36. O'Brien, in discussion with the author, October 7, 2015.
37. Shelledy, in conversation with the author, September 26, 2016.
38. Ibid.
39. O'Brien, in discussion with the author, August 5, 2016.
40. Joan O'Brien, in letter to David Kully, US Department of Justice, February 28, 2014, http://www.utahnewspaperproject.org/userfiles/file/DOJ%202nd%20letter%20final.pdf (accessed August 12, 2016).
41. “Karra J. Porter,” Lawyers.com, http://www.lawyers.com/salt-lake-city/utah/karra-j-porter-1716077-a/ (accessed August 7, 2016).
42. Karra J. Porter, in discussion with the author, December 20, 2016.
43. Ibid.
44. Patty Henetz, in conversation with the author, July 28, 2015.
45. Joan O'Brien, in conversation with the author, June 14, 2015.
46. Semerad, “Deseret News CEO.”
47. Michael D. Gallivan, in discussion with the author, July 10, 2014.
48. Porter, in discussion with the author.