Berkshire is buying the newspaper, which has a daily circulation of 34,000, from the Robinson family, the company said.
But the newspaper, which has been owned by four generations of the family since 1933, was not just a business.
He works for the Chosun Ilbo, a newspaper which has been heavily critical of the North's regime.
The newspaper, which has its main office in Garden City, L. I., is the country's largest suburban daily news paper.
It was a request to place a half-page advertisement in the newspaper, which has a circulation of 2,500.
"This is a very special newspaper, which has enormous responsibilities because it is the newspaper of the pope," he says.
He leafs through a newspaper, which has arrived via the valley's irregular plane service and is a few days old.
In a poll this week by Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's biggest-selling newspaper (which has pro-LDP leanings), 71% of respondents supported Mr Hatoyama's cabinet.
The newspaper, which has been praised for its coverage of the Ukraine crisis in the past year, has come under intense pressure from the government.
Indeed, the News of the World, a British newspaper which has been caught hacking into people's mobile phones, is a very traditional sort of scandal sheet (see article).
Observers say events at the newspaper, which has considered itself the industry standard, carry important consequences for India's entire media industry.
