The Chicago Sun-Times revealed Tuesday that it had significantly overstated its circulation in recent years, boosting its profits while overcharging advertisers.
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Executives at the newspaper wouldn't comment on specific findings of its internal investigation. But sources close to the paper said the Sun-Times had overstated its daily newsstand sales by at least 25 percent, or more than 78,000 copies a day, for at least two years and possibly longer.