Amid the clamor for newspapers to “get it” with the web, we take a moment to remember the casualties. Or at least Editor & Publisher takes a moment, but leaves out the good stuff.
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MTVu drops $20 million for college news site network Y2M
Here’s the press release, plus the PaidContent digest here.
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'MediaNews looks to set standard for papers online' with vision, but no plan
The Contra Costa Times, sooned to be owned by MediaNews, reports that their soon-to-be-parent looks to make the area’s papers a model for the country:
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Gannet, Trib up classified ante
So reports PaidContent:
A deal between Gannett, McClatchy, and Tribune has been reached, on the fate of the jointly-owned online/classifieds businesses: Gannett and Tribune will increase each of their equity stakes in CareerBuilder and ShopLocal.com to 42.5%, and in online news aggregator and search site Topix.net to 31.9%.
Adsense leading to censored stories?
So theorizes Chris Thompson, a columnist for the East Bay Express.
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