The New York Times is in talks to sell its 15 regional newspapers to Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax Media Group.
Those newspapers, all dailies except for one, the weekly Petaluma [Calif.] Argus-Courier, are located in the South and in California, including The Sarasota [Fla.] Herald-Tribune; the Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.); the Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.); and the Star-News (Wilmington, N.C.).