Soft economy speeds newspaper decline, job cuts

August 30, 2008 By ANICK JESDANUN , AP Internet Writer

(AP) -- The newspaper industry's downward spiral is accelerating as the weak U.S. economy depresses already-tumbling advertising revenue and forces more rounds of job cuts and other trims.

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