Credit problems are springing up throughout the newspaper industry as the global financial and economic crisis takes its toll on an industry already reeling from the Internet and a weak ad
market.
On Wednesday, the Minnesota Star Tribune newspaper reported that it halted payments to its senior creditors, skipping a $9 million quarterly payment on its $432 million in
debt. Experts say that's just the beginning.
"We didn't think it could get any worse for newspapers, but apparently it can," says Ken Doctor, newspaper analyst with Outsell.
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