"I have never met a rich man who didn't think he knew how to run anything," said John Morton, a longtime newspaper analyst.

Many newspaper analysts say it has almost no prospects for long-term survival.

But some newspaper analysts are already predicting that in the end, only one paper will survive.

And, say newspaper analysts, it might have been doomed.

"It is the fundamental problem facing the industry," writes newspaper analyst Morton.

"They are obviously not betting the farm," said John Morton, a newspaper analyst.

One newspaper analyst described the idea as "exciting and ambitious, but tough."

However, American newspaper analysts say that such an enterprise would be costly, risky and probably destined to failure.

In Detroit, according to newspaper analysts, the result would be transforming losses into significant profits almost instantaneously.

Many newspaper analysts said The News's success in printing the paper and getting it past union picket lines was a huge accomplishment.