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    Including the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, the New York Daily News, and the Hartford Courant. “Journalists [at current Alden papers] warned about the hedge fund’s track record of steep cuts, consolidations and sales of real estate assets. In one six-year period, according to the NewsGuild union, Alden cut staff at guild-represented papers by an average of 75%.” —
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