New York Post: Apollo Global Management has broken off talks to the buy Digital First Media, one of the largest newspaper chains in the country, whose stable includes the Denver Post, the San Jose Mercury News and the New Haven Register. Digital First CEO John Paton has announced plans to exit the company on June 30. The breakdown of the talks is likely to inspire some swaps of joint venture properties with Gannett. Digital First and Gannett already have a number of joint ventures in dozens of small newspapers across three states.