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Mar. 23, 2016

Antitrust lawsuit stops L.A. Times publisher from acquiring Freedom Communications

A government antitrust lawsuit and a federal judge's temporary restraining order killed the deal for the Los Angeles Times publisher to acquire Freedom Communications Inc.

By Amanda Schallert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A government antitrust lawsuit and a federal judge's temporary restraining order killed a deal for the Los Angeles Times publisher to acquire Freedom Communications Inc., as a bankruptcy judge Monday approved a different bidder to take over the Orange and Riverside county newspapers.

Saying Tribune Publishing Company would achieve a monopoly of English-language da...

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