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The Albuquerque Tribune is a daily newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1922 by Carlton Cole Magee as Magee's Independent. It is owned by Gannett and is published Monday through Saturday.

On February 20, 1933, The Albuquerque Tribune formed the nation's first joint operating agreement (JOA), entitled the "Albuquerque Plan," with the Albuquerque Journal in response to the Great Depression of 1929. The JOA established the Albuquerque Publishing Company and merged the Albuquerque Evening Journal with the Tribune (which at this point changed its name from the New Mexico State Tribune to The Albuquerque Tribune.) The joint operating agreement is still in effect today.

The Albuquerque Tribune and Albuquerque Journal merged presses, advertising and circulation while remaining as separate editorial entities. As part of the joint operating agreement, the Tribune is a local paper only; as such, it aims its focus at issues in the Albuquerque metropolitan area. Both papers operate in different parts of the same building, which also houses the presses used to print both newspapers.

On February 20, 2008, E. W. Scripps Company announced that the Tribune would be converted to a morning publication, effective February 23, 2008.

In 2015, Scripps withdrew from the newspaper business to focus on broadcasting. It sold its newspapers, including The Albuquerque Tribune, to the newly formed Journal Media Group on April 1, 2015.

Gannett acquired Journal Media Group effective April 8, 2016. The Tribune staff-written stories are now labeled as being associated with the USA TODAY Network, which references Gannett's flagship newspaper, USA Today.

The Albuquerque Tribune, with an editorial staff of about 50 journalists, continues to enjoy a vibrant and profitable existence as one of the daily newspapers remaining in New Mexico. The first editor, Carl Magee, bought the Albuquerque paper and called it Magee's Independent in 1922. Scripps purchased The Albuquerque Tribune in 1923 from Carl Magee to give Magee financial stability for his fight against political corruption in New Mexico. He is credited with almost single-handedly prying open the Teapot Dome scandal after World War I. It was Magee who penned "Give Light and The People Will Find Their Own Way," the motto that Scripps adopted from The Tribune's masthead for all of its newspapers. The next editor, E.H. Shaffer, formed a friendship with Ernie Pyle, the company's legendary World War II correspondent. After accepting an invitation from Shaffer to visit Albuquerque, Pyle decided to make Albuquerque his permanent home. In 1933, the newspaper joined with The Albuquerque Journal to form the Albuquerque Publishing Company, one of the first of many joint publishing arrangements in the industry. Over the years, The Tribune has been the winner of many state and national awards for investigative and public service reporting. In 1994, it won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.