Traverse City's major newspaper, the Record-Eagle, may be put on the market by its parent company, Dow Jones & Co.

The Record-Eagle is one of six community papers that Dow Jones is thinking of selling, according to this article in the Free Press. If the sale comes to pass, it will be another instance of a large company selling off local newspapers that are both profitable and consistent award-winners.

Of course, the efforts by a local consortium of old boys to muzzle the paper can't help either.