City Pages
A business journalist floats the possibility that Star Tribune owner Avista Capital Partners leaked the "brink of bankruptcy"
story to the New York Post in advance of trying to sell the paper.
Jeff Shaw writes: "It's possible that the firm has decided to sell and is using this story to fuel perception that the paper can be had for a bargain-basement price. Another source, a former CEO, said the timing of the story suggests it's a tool to use in upcoming labor negotiations."
