Nation’s largest paper chains talk merger in ad revenue push

Five of the nation’s largest — and battered — newspaper chains are in hush-hush talks about banding together to form a new company to sell ads to national advertisers in 30 major metro markets.
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From 2000 to 2013, US newspapers lost $40 billion in ad revenue, dropping to $23 billion.
http://nypost.com/2015/09/04/nations-largest-paper-chains-talk-merger-in-ad-revenue-push/