'Globe,' 'Herald' Spar Over 'Metro' Deal

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BOSTON Boston Herald publisher Patrick Purcell wrote the second-day lead to yesterday’s news that The New York Times Co. has agreed to buy a 49 percent stake in Boston’s free daily Metro newspaper from its publisher, Metro International, which is based in Sweden.

In a statement, Purcell blasted the deal as “anticompetitive” and said he intends to “contest this on grounds that the largest newspaper in Eastern Massachusetts is making an in-market acquisition that does not meet Justice Department standards.”

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