[REP200]

Uh, that might not be so good. I heard that the company is owned by a conservative.

http://www.medianewsgroup.com/

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=singleton%2C+wil&txtState=CA&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=Y&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&Order=N

The Singleton Group is the parent company of MediaNewsGroup.

At least Air America is losing stations.

[abb]

Singleton may contribute to Republicans, but the newspapers that he owns are screaming liberal...

[frithguild]

The decline is attributed to weak advertising revenue, higher newsprint prices, increased circulation, and higher benefits costs.

Increasing operating losses are not always a bad thing.

I also like who MediaNews Group counts among it's critics:

MediaNews Group is known as a cost-cutter in the newspaper publishing industry. The company has a reputation for buying smaller daily newspapers in a single area (examples include Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area) and consolidating its operations, including sharing staff writers and printing facilities. As a result of the cost-cutting, according to an article in the LA Times , some former employees say that the newspapers are focused on making a profit to the detriment of good journalism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaNews_Group