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Unread Papers Pile Up As Newsday Faces Suit

By AAN Staff
april 2, 2004  03:13 pm
Unread Papers Pile Up As Newsday Faces Suit
A Long Island Press investigation uncovers evidence of dumped papers and other circulation irregularities on the heels of a $100 million federal racketeering lawsuit filed against Newsday, one of the largest dailies in the country. The Press's Christopher Twarowski finds mounds of Newsday circulars decomposing in wetlands behind a distributor's home, discovers piles of apparently unread papers in a town's recycling bins, and interviews shopkeepers who claim the paper credits them for fewer returns than they send back. The plaintiffs' attorney alleges that advertisers "have been ripped off untold amounts."
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