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Las Vegas Review-Journal will no longer print a competing newspaper
The move ends decades of shared printing after a court fight over the nation’s last joint operating agreement, which the Sun said could threaten its survival.
- On Friday, April 3, 2026, the Las Vegas Review-Journal ceased printing the Las Vegas Sun, marking the first day in 76 years that the rival publication was not printed.
- A lower court ruled the joint operating agreement unenforceable because a 2005 update lacked the U.S. attorney general's signature; in February, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the Sun's appeal.
- The 1970 Newspaper Preservation Act originally authorized the joint operating agreement to maintain editorial variety between the conservative Review-Journal and the liberal-leaning Sun.
- Journalism professor Genelle Belmas of the University of Kansas warned that losing local outlets reduces perspective, while analyst Ken Doctor noted such agreements are dwindling as a "long, slow goodbye of newspapers as we knew them."
- Sun attorney Leif Reid stated the publication hopes a judge will order printing to resume, arguing that losing its print product could hinder staff recruitment and potentially force closure.
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Why one Las Vegas newspaper just stopped printing its rival
The Las Vegas Review-Journal will no longer print its rival the Las Vegas Sun for the first time in decades, bringing to a head a longtime dispute between the southern Nevada newspapers.
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Why the Las Vegas Review-Journal just stopped printing its rival - The Nevada Independent
By Jessica Hill / Associated Press The Las Vegas Review-Journal announced Friday that it will no longer print its rival, the Las Vegas Sun, for the first time in decades, sharpening their legal dispute over the nation's last joint operating agreement stemming from a 1970 law designed to preserve newspapers. Readers "will not find a printed Las Vegas Sun insert inside," the Review-Journal wrote in an editorial, noting the Sun maintains a website,…
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