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Lee pays off Berkshire Hathaway debt early; lays off eight St. Louis Post-Dispatch news employees

on Fri, 06/26/2015 - 21:04 by Editor

In an interesting coincidence involving Lee Enterprises' largest newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Davenport-based media firm announced it had paid off debt related to acquisition of that paper in 2005, while confirming today (6/26) it was laying off eight St. Louis newsroom employees.

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