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Dallas Area Newspapers Print Final Edition

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Bryan Rupp

Story Created: Jul 2, 2009 at 12:52 PM CST

Story Updated: Jul 2, 2009 at 12:52 PM CST

DALLAS (AP) - A group of community newspapers covering southern Dallas suburbs is printing its final editions.

The publisher said Today Newspapers will shut down Friday, July 3, 2009 because of a loss of advertising revenue.

Today Newspapers published two weekly editions. One served the communities of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Desoto, and Lancaster, which are south of Dallas. The other covered Grand Prairie, which is west of Dallas.

Publisher Kim Petty told The Dallas Morning News that most of the advertisers were mom-and-pop stores that couldn't continue buying ads in a bad economy. Petty said "there is just not a lot of hope for small-town newspapers."

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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