Media consolidation

continues. No wonder they are all pushing to get as many "hits" as possible.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/business/media/27mcclatchy.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin

This quote in particular is relevant to the Patriot.

"The sales are likely to lead to a further consolidation of the newspaper industry around the country. During the last decade or so, newspapers have been "clustering," that is, buying papers near one another, allowing them to save money by combining their advertising sales and printing operations and, in some cases, their news divisions."