Newsprint tariff has painful consequences {Editor’s Column}

A few months ago we mentioned the 32 percent tariff placed on Canadian newsprint (where almost all uncoated paper in the U.S. comes from) thanks to a single complaint from a paper mill owned by a New York hedge fund, and the potential threat that tariff poses to the newspaper industry.
This week the consequences of that tariff hit close to home for subscribers to Grand Junction’s Daily Sentinel. Starting next month, the Sentinel will…