Complex sentence: After 18 months of tepid efforts to turn the paper around, Singleton sold it to an associate, and on 8 December 1991, Belo bought the Times Herald for $55 million, closing the paper the next day.
Split into simpler sentences: After 18 months of tepid efforts to turn the paper around, Singleton sold it to an associate. On 8 December 1991, Belo bought the Times Herald for $55 million, closing the paper the next day.