Bad news for Philadephia Newspapers as it files for bankruptcy

Feb 23, 2009
A view of the Philadelphia skyline on January 23, 2005. Philadelphia Newspapers, owner of the city's two major dailies, the Inquirer and the Daily News, has filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest casualty in the troubled US newspaper industry.

Philadelphia Newspapers, owner of the city's two major dailies, the Inquirer and the Daily News, has filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest casualty in the troubled US newspaper industry.



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