Tucson Citizen to cease publication March 21 if no buyer found

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Tucson Citizen to cease publication March 21 if no buyer found:

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/frontpage/107869.php

January 16, 2009, 7:16 p.m.
ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN
The Assoicated Press

Gannett Co. Inc. will close the Tucson Citizen if it does not find a
buyer for "certain assets" by March 21.

Robert J. Dickey, president of Gannett U.S. Community Publishing, made
the announcement in a brief meeting with employees Friday.

"The Tucson Citizen has been part of Gannett since 1976, and we deeply
regret having to take this step," Dickey said. "But dramatic changes in our
industry combined with the difficult economy — particularly in this region —
mean it is no longer viable for our partnership with Lee Enterprises Incorporated
to produce two daily newspapers in Tucson."

The Citizen, an afternoon newspaper, operates under a joint operating agreement
with the Arizona Daily Star, a morning paper owned by Davenport, Iowa-based
Lee Enterprises Inc. Print production, distribution, sales and other non-editorial
functions for both the Citizen and the Star operate under the name Tucson Newspapers Inc.

Ptah says: "Assoicated" is copied from the Tucson Citizen website.