Newsonomics: In Southern California’s Newspaper Chaos, Is Anyone Really Speaking For The Readers?

• Ken Doctor

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• March 19, 2016

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William Baer, assistant attorney general in charge of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, had already bluntly told all involved in the Freedom Communications newspaper bankruptcy auction that Tribune Publishing should stay out of the bidding. He sent an email two days before ...

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Tribune, the Register Auction and DOJ’s Scarlet Letter

• Ken Doctor

• Alden Global/ MNG Enterprises/ DFM - Dailies - Freedom Comm. - L.A. Times - More Ken Doctor Posts - Orange County Register - Top Posts - Tronc/Tribune Pub.

• March 18, 2016

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For those who have been following the ongoing tragicomedy of California’s dying newspaper industry, today, March 16, marks a climax. And as with all amazing stories, the moments leading up to that climax have made it a nail-biter. The real action is mundane enough: Today is the day that final ...

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