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ON THE heels of Michael Klein's revelation that Philadelphia Weekly is for sale comes today's scoop by Dan Gross that Philadelphia Media Holdings, owner of the Inquirer and Daily News, is reportedly a bidder. Everyone involved is no-commenting, which may be a sign that something is indeed up. It's bad enough that the city's two significant dailies are owned by the same company; throwing in an alternative weekly that does a fair amount of original reporting and, along with City Paper, provides much-needed differing viewpoints doesn't bode well of the quality of Philadelphia journalism and commentary. Didn't the city just get rid of corporate newspapering when Knight-Ridder took its ball and bat and went home?