Media news (my employers) consolidates upper management routinely. They do not have a political bent but rather let papers they own reflect the editorial flavor of their area. When they took control of our paper they combined many functions and positions with our sister papers in the region. This move at ANG's newly aquired papers sound very familiar to me. Don't expect much else to change from a reader's standpoint. Except it might look a lot like other MediaNews product around the state.
OK, thanks. Between you you make it pretty clear. If local newspapers really reflect local interests, you can't ask for too much more.
When we got the local paper in our town in Connecticut, it was mainly to see who got mentioned in the soccer news or what the selectboard were up to.