When the Times cut the newsstand price in half, to 25 cents, forcing papers such as the Press Telegram and Daily News to match, that was okay, too.

FORBES: Encirclement

The Press Telegram is going to be a challenge.

FORBES: Encirclement

No luck so far getting a radio deal or a traveling reporter from the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

FORBES: Entrepreneurs

The dominant Los Angeles Times, for instance, now faces an encirclement of MediaNews dailies that range from the Long Beach Press-Telegram in the south, the Pasadena Star-News and San Gabriel Valley Tribune to the east and the Daily News to the north.

FORBES: Where's Dean?