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Dirt-Cheap Netbooks Might Save Media Industry

Paying for content, not hardware, is the key

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 9, 2009 12:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – There might be hope yet for the media industry, “because the tech industry is screwed too,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age. With light, cheap netbooks squeezing the profit out of the hardware, makers are partnering with media providers (ie, Acer selling netbooks...   Read full story »

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