The changes, which became effective Friday, "are the result of several factors," KSL-TV news director Con Psarras said Tuesday in a memo to his staff. He didn't elaborate.

KSL-TV has pulled a remote camera from the Morning News newsroom. It also cut off its share of funding for the position of Steve Fidel, who acted as a liaison among the parties. Fidel now works only in the Morning News newsroom.

Psarras declined to provide more information during an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune.

"Any relationship evolves, and I suspect that ours will continue to evolve," he said.

Psarras wrote his memo shortly after Rick Hall, managing editor of the Morning News, sent a similar message to his staff.

"KSL is obviously unhappy with some of our recent convergence speed bumps, road blocks and/or obstacles. But I don't know if that alone precipitated all of the above," Hall wrote.

Hall declined to discuss the dispute.

"Our relationships with KSL are internal, and that's how we'll keep them," Hall said.

The decisions came four days after Sulejman Talovic shot and killed five people at the Trolley Square mall. The shooting set off an intense scramble among news media to cover and report on the tragedy. Neither Psarras nor Hall would comment on reports that a Morning News reporter refused to share the name of the shooter's father with KSL.

KSL and the Morning News will continue to share broadcast facilities in Utah County. They will also share the cost of conducting news polls.

pbeebe@sltrib.com