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UPI buyers pledge to cover losses and run agency privately
New owners Media News Corp say all financial ties to Scripps cut and no hidden partners remain as they take over UPI. Douglas Ruhe and William Geissler with Len Small and Cordell Overgaard promise to fund operations, develop new services, and bear any closure liabilities.
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