The Boston Globe was sold to the New York Times Co. for about $1 billion. The Philadelphia Inquirer was sold to Bruce Toll and the gang for about $515 million. The Chicago Sun-Times is on the block and the best offer so far is … $5 million in cash and an agreement to pick up $20 million in debt and obligations.

Hey, I’ll give you a post-dated check and an autographed photo of Charlie Rangel’s landlord for a good-sized daily in the Sun Belt. Any takers?