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Congratulations to reporters Tony Semerad and Tom Harvey for their end-run on their own management's venal sell-out of the Salt Lake Tribune's print operations ("Tribune owners betting heavily on digital future, documents show," Tribune, Oct. 24).

It is not surprising that Chief Executive John Paton wanted the deal kept secret.

Mark Knudsen

Salt Lake City