The Los Angeles Daily News ran a brief on the subject, but the Los Angeles Times demurred.

WSJ: Best of the Web Today: See You in the Funny Papers

In Long Beach and at the Los Angeles Daily News, should that be acquired, MediaNews will be taking on local papers with an urban cast.

FORBES: Encirclement

The New York Times (-5.5%), Los Angeles Times (-8.7%), Washington Post (-6.4%) New York Daily News (-5.5%), Chicago Tribune (-5.2%) and Houston Chronicle (-10.5%) were among the papers that saw more than 5 percent of their circulations vanish.

FORBES: WSJ Boosts Circulation While Other Papers Wither