Complex sentence: However, the parent company of the "Connecticut Post" bought the "Sentinel" in the 1980s and quickly closed it, despite promises not to do so, in order to consolidate the "Post's" position as the region's main newspaper.
Split into simpler sentences: However, the parent company of the "Connecticut Post" bought the "Sentinel" in the 1980s and quickly closed it, despite promises not to do so. It wanted to consolidate the "Post's" position as the region's main newspaper.