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Mar. 19, 2016

DOJ tries to block Tribune Publishing from creating newspaper monopoly in Southern California

The justice department filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Thursday to block the LA Times publisher from achieving a monopoly over Orange and Riverside County newspapers and their advertisers.

By Amanda Schallert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Thursday to block the publisher of the Los Angeles Times from achieving a monopoly over Orange and Riverside County newspapers and their advertisers.

But U.S. officials' definition of a relevant market to establish the antitrust claim may be challenging in an era where journalism is moving increasingly...

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