Mediagazer: Religious but not Mormon? The church-owned Deseret News considers you a growth market (Joseph Lichterman/Nieman Journalism Lab)

5:30 AM ET, April 15, 2014

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Religious but not Mormon? The church-owned Deseret News considers you a growth market — The Deseret News is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but you might not detect its Mormon roots from looking at the outlet's national site — officially came out of beta yesterday …

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