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Tribune Co. to Sell 2 Southland Newspapers: The Chicago-based media company said that it has agreed to sell The Times Advocate Co., a subsidiary that publishes two daily newspapers and one weekly, to South Coast Newspapers. The newspapers published by the Times Advocate Co. are the Escondido Times Advocate and The Californian of Temecula as well as the weekly Fallbrook Enterprise, the company said. Terms of the deal, which must be submitted to the Department of Justice, were not disclosed. The Times Advocate’s circulation is approximately 40,000, the Californian’s about 12,000, the company said. South Coast Newspapers is a subsidiary of Howard Publications.