New York Post publisher may buy the Daily News

New York Post publisher Rupert Murdoch told unions representing Daily News employees he is willing to buy the morning tabloid in an effort to save both newspapers.

Unions representing 3,800 full-time employees at the News last week asked Murdoch to consider buying the paper as a means of saving both the News and the Post. For the first time, Murdoch publicly disclosed that the Post lost close to

He said he had not yet been in contact with the Tribune Company of Chicago, which owns the News.