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A consortium comprising CJ, Shinsegae and two other companies will sign a deal Thursday to acquire debt-laden South Korean newspaper publisher JoongAng Ilbo, the company said Wednesday, according to Yonhap and the Korea Times. The deal is valued at $520 million, though the documents do not provide further details on the price or the consortium's composition beyond CJ and Shinsegae.