But in a Sunday night interview with the Omaha World-Herald, Kerrey sounded a different message.

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When Buffett bought the Omaha World-Herald, he fondly recalled his days as a delivery boy for the paper.

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Mr. Buffett said the deal will continue local ownership of the company, currently 80%-owned by employees and 20%-owned by the Pieter Kiewit Foundation, an Omaha-based charitable trust formed by the estate of a former World-Herald owner.

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