Chicago Tribune - Besides The Post newspapers closing in its Cincinnati home on Dec. The president of a public relations firm in the New Mexico city has said he's in a ... 31, Scripps also this year announced it would close the Albuquerque Tribune if there is no buyer. As opposed to bank officers, mortgage brokers are not employees of the lending companies they work for. Instead, they work independently as free lance agents who are on the look out for borrowers looking for a good mortgage.