The Minneapolis Star Tribune has filed for bankruptcy, Reuters has reported.
The paper is the 15th largest daily in the US based on circulation figures.
The Minneapolis paper becomes one of the biggest US titles to fall victim to the global recession.
Another US daily, The Boston Globe, owned by the New York Times, said this week that it is to cut 12 per cent of its newsroom staff.
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