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It's some vicious newspaper-on-newspaper action 'round the internet today as the Globe calls out the Herald for slashing jobs as it relocates its printing operations. Publisher Patrick J. Purcells is giving the planned move 90 days for consideration, but would like to have printing services moved by the end of September. Chicopee's Dow Jones & Co. plant will print every edition of the Herald except Saturday's, which will be printed by a Boston Offset press in Norwood. Up to 160 people currently employed by the Herald press could lose their jobs in the move. A Herald insider tells Bostonist that the paper's current press is not even capable of printing accents or diacritics of any sort; hopefully the new presses are at least more diverse in their abilities, if farther away. more ›