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Google Ditches Print Ad Biz

Recession bites into ad budgets

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 21, 2009 1:48 AM CST

(Newser) – The recession is continuing to hit even mighty Google, which is shutting down its three-year foray into the print advertising business, Bloomberg reports. The operation sold space in 800 newspapers, but was hurt as budget-crunched companies slashed spending on print advertising. Google's decision will be...   Read full story »

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