Florida-based syndicate DBR Media closed operations last week after eight years, Editor & Publisher reported Tuesday.

DBR had more than 400, mostly weekly, newspaper clients who could no longer pay for the syndicate, DBR Vice President of Editorial Operations Diane Eckert told E&P.

A number of newspapers still owe DBR money, and Eckert told E&P she wondered if the syndicate had set prices too low when it launched in 2000.

DBR offered more than 50 features, such as columns and cartoons, and distributed content to about 450 newspapers during the business' peak. By last week, that number had dropped to about 400 newspapers.