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I'm Fat, but No Idiot: Consumers Will Pay for News

By Caroline Miller, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 13, 2009 11:08 AM CDT

(Newser) – Media maverick (and Mavericks owner) Mark Cuban mixes it up with Newser's Michael Wolff, laying out his argument that consumers should and will pay for online content if it's packaged in a new way. Allowing as how he's fat, but hardly an idiot (as per... Read full story »

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