{"id":414373,"date":"2024-10-29T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=414373"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Saipan-Tribune-to-write-30-at-year-s-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Saipan-Tribune-to-write-30-at-year-s-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Saipan Tribune to write \u201830\u2019 at year\u2019s end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Saipan Tribune<\/em> will write \u201c30\u201d\u2014or cease operations\u2014on Dec. 31, 2024, according to a statement from the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor more than 30 years, the <em>Saipan Tribune<\/em> has been a proud and reliable source of news for our island community and the Pacific region. <em>Saipan Tribune<\/em> covered historic events in the NMI, featured individuals and groups that created significant impact in our community, highlighted athletes\u2019 achievements and students\u2019 triumphs, and came up with other newsworthy stories that helped shape public opinion and initiate changes and positive actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Management said while <em>Saipan Tribune<\/em> has delivered the kind of news stories the CNMI community deserved, shifts in media consumption patterns, driven by advancements in technology, have transformed how audiences access news and information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increased availability of internet access and mobile devices has led consumers to demand instant information, prompting many industries to reshape their business models and move online. This change has redefined the need for the <em>Saipan Tribune<\/em>. In addition, unforeseen calamities in recent years and continuing local economic challenges have thwarted our best efforts to sustain the business. We are compelled to make this exceptionally difficult decision, so with a heavy heart we would like to inform you that <em>Saipan Tribune<\/em> will cease its operations on Dec. 31, 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Management said it is deeply grateful and proud of all members of the <em>Saipan Tribune<\/em> family\u2014editors, writers, photographers, graphic artists, delivery personnel, finance department, sales, and advertising team members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir dedication and commitment have allowed the <em>Saipan Tribune<\/em> to advocate for press freedom and champion journalistic excellence in our region. We would also like to express our sincerest gratitude to all our readers, advertisers, and community partners for their valuable support and trust.\u201d <em><strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/5c487a56abe7f9dccfe26cfbed466915.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><br \/>Tribune pix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saipan Tribune will write \u201c30\u201d\u2014or cease operations\u2014on Dec. 31, 2024, according to a statement from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}