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Patrick J. Purcell is selling his suburban newspaper holdings, consisting of 100 weeklies and dailies, to Northbrook, Ill.-based
Liberty Group Publishing, which has more than 270 small dailies, weeklies, and shoppers in 16 states. Publishing industry execs say the move will create a new challenge for Purcell's struggling tabloid, the Boston Herald. || Related
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