As you know, I'm well acquainted with the newspaper sites across the country and I've found DFM papers lacking quality content in each newspaper. If the acquisition occurred it would have a very visible impact in Indiana, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Additionally, DFM is viewed as having a more conservative bias than Gannett.

from nearby cities of marginal interest locally, etc., opinion pieces not worth reading
The Enquirer has a proud past; it was founded in 1841 or 1842, at one time was influential nationally.

My own grandfather came from the Detroit Press in the 1920's to work for the Enquirer, which has engendered in my a certain loyalty to newspapers. It is the only remaining local daily, where I grew up with three dailies in town.
I have been a daily subscriber for 58 years.

Only one of my four children reads the newspaper; the others get their news online or on television.

Few young people like print papers, they go for digital. Of course this swing in ownership is not helping. Our hometown paper is at about 4 to 6 pages and the price is up to about 2 bucks.

Having worked at a daily newspaper that's now a shadow of its former self, my thoughts are it would depend on the paper. Some papers are shedding all sorts of local coverage. I'd say find the nearest local paper that's doing a decent job and stick with that. But subscribing to a digital paper (I get the NYT and WashPost because of the situation in Washington) isn't really a bad thing, either. You're supporting true (as opposed to fake Fox News) journalism.