Times Sued Over Antitrust in Wire Sharing Deal
Washington AP reports the Justice Department filed a civil antitrust suit in Brooklyn to break up the February 1 1971 agreement between The New York Times and Chicago Daily News Sun Times to share a wire and sales force for their supplemental news services. The suit seeks termination of the joint arrangement, arguing it reduces competition and raises costs. The Times Co and Field Enterprises Inc, publisher of the Chicago Sun Times and Daily News, vow to resist.
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