"Gannett Co. Inc. is closing in on a cash-and-stock deal to be acquired by GateHouse Media LLC parent company New Media Investment Group Inc., according to The Wall Street Journal.

The deal would combine Gannett with GateHouse, two of the country’s largest newspaper groups based on circulation. The two companies publish a combined 265 dailies and are seen as rivals in the struggling print newspaper market.

GateHouse in Ohio owns The Columbus Dispatch, the Akron Beacon Journal, Canton Repository, Massillon Independent, and several other newspapers. Gannett's holdings include The Cincinnati Enquirer, Chillicothe Gazette, The Marion Star and other Ohio newspapers."

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