From the Boston Business Journal:

GateHouse Media Inc., publisher of a number of Bay State newspapers, said Friday it lost $18.5 million in the third quarter, bringing its year to date net loss to nearly $500 million.

Dan Kennedy reports on the implications for local journalism in the current issue of CommonWealth. GateHouse owns more than 100 newpapers in eastern Massachusetts, including the Patriot Ledger of Quincy, the MetroWest Daily News of Framingham, and the Enterprise of Brockton.