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  • October 2007

    • Journal Deal Raises Red Flag With FCC

      Broadcasting & Cable  |  Oct 26, 07 1:47 PM CDT

      Journal Deal Raises Red Flag With FCC

      (Newser) - FCC commissioner Michael Copps would like to toss a monkey wrench into News Corp.’s Dow Jones takeover, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Copps, a Democrat, yesterday called for an inquiry to determine whether the deal suits the public interest and whether current rules sufficiently cover the situation. Chairman Kevin Martin would need to open the inquiry. More »

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      television  • Dow Jones  • Rupert Murdoch  • News Corp  • FCC  • Wall Street Journal  • newspaper  • Fox

    • Yahoo's Newspaper Deal Still Buggy

      Reuters  |  Oct 12, 07 11:50 AM CDT

      Yahoo's Newspaper Deal Still Buggy

      (Newser) - Yahoo!'s deal to handle online ads for 19 newspaper publishers is approaching its first anniversary, and it's still unclear how helpful the partnership will be, reports Reuters. Much of the promised technology hasn't even been built yet, and individual papers may be limited in their options by the size of the consortium. More »

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      Yahoo  • newspaper  • online advertising

  • September 2007

    • Murdoch May Eliminate WSJ Online Fees

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 18, 07 4:42 PM CDT

      Murdoch May Eliminate WSJ Online Fees

      (Newser) - Rupert Murdoch said today he would probably eliminate the Wall Street Journal's online subscription fee when News Corp. completes its purchase of the paper in a few months. The media mogul believes that dropping the subscription fee will attract more readers to the site, thereby increasing advertising revenues, the LA Times reports. More »

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      Internet  • Dow Jones  • Rupert Murdoch  • News Corp  • Wall Street Journal  • newspaper

    • NY Times Makes All Online Content Free

      Reuters  |  Sep 18, 07 4:10 AM CDT

      NY Times Makes All Online Content Free

      (Newser) - The New York Times is ending its two-year experiment with paid online subscriptions and making all of its content free to  internet readers, Reuters reports. The move goes into effect tomorrow. Previously, those who wanted to read columnists such as Maureen Dowd and other premium content had to pay $7.95 a month for the TimesSelect service. More »

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      Internet  • advertising  • newspaper  • New York Times  • online newspapers

    • Right-Wing Voices Get More Ink

      Media Matters  |  Sep 14, 07 1:05 PM CDT

      Right-Wing Voices Get More Ink

      (Newser) -  Voices from the right dominate those from the left in US newspapers, with the former reaching 152 million buyers and the latter only 125 million. Sixty percent  of papers print more conservative syndicated columnists, while just 20% run more liberals, according to a report by Media Matters for America. In 38 states, the red voice dominates; the blue rules in only 12. More »

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      media  • newspaper  • conservative  • Thomas Friedman  • liberals  • columnists  • George Will

    • Readers Hurt by Paper Cuts

      Columbia Journalism Review  |  Sep 3, 07 4:40 PM CDT

      Readers Hurt by Paper Cuts

      (Newser) - Newspapers are under financial pressure, and one of the first things to go is often the book reviews. But author and editor Steve Wasserman thinks that's a serious problem. “Civilization is built on a foundation of books,” he declares in a polemic in CJR, and  stripping their pages of book reviews, he says, is indicative of the anti-intellectual hostility endemic in many newsrooms. More »

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      book  • literature  • newspaper  • reading  • book reviews  • print journalism

  • August 2007

    • Paper Lacked 'Smoking Gun'

      Washington Post  |  Aug 30, 07 10:00 AM CDT

      Paper Lacked 'Smoking Gun'

      (Newser) - Howard Kurtz does a post-mortem of the Idaho Statesman's decision not to print the results of a major investigation into Larry Craig's past sexual misconduct until after the sentator's arrest for soliciting was made public this week. While the writer, Dan Popkey, admits to feeling Craig's pain, says he says the decision not to publish was a moral and journalistic one.   More »

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      newspaper  • journalism  • Larry Craig  • Idaho Statesman

    • All the Space That's Fit to Sell

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 29, 07 3:42 PM CDT

      All the Space That's Fit to Sell

      (Newser) - Newspapers, in an effort to bring in cash and stave off extinction, are selling iconic properties in downtown districts, the Journal reports. The latest example is the Philadelphia Inquirer, whose new owner hopes to net $70 million for its Beaux-Arts tower; the Boston Herald and Minneapolis Star Tribune are also among the outfits looking to profit from their real-estate holdings. More »

    • Scribe Says Bye to Cool Tabloid

      Salon  |  Aug 25, 07 5:13 PM CDT

      Scribe Says Bye to Cool Tabloid

      (Newser) - Gone is the tabloid that claimed "February Sues for More Days" and "Hide-and-Seek Player Found After 34 Years," but what becomes of its writers? At least one is still missing his calling as an inventor of comedy-news. In Salon , Stan Sinberg recalls how he conceived tall tales for the Weekly World News for 3 years, a calling he considered higher than writing for the Enquirer or penning celebrity gossip. More »

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      newspaper  • news  • tabloids  • writer  • Weekly World News

    • Murdoch’s Shadow Looms at Journal

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 24, 07 2:25 PM CDT

      Murdoch&rsquo;s Shadow Looms at Journal

      (Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is on a yacht in the Mediterranean, but his presence is already being felt at the newspaper in lower Manhattan he doesn't own yet.  The media baron rolled up his sleeves and called three reporters at the Wall Street Journal —which he bought for $5 billion last month—asking them to reconsider leaving the paper. More »

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      Rupert Murdoch  • Wall Street Journal  • acquisitions  • newspaper  • buyout

    • Why the Press Fell for the Cult of Karl

      PressThink  |  Aug 14, 07 5:00 PM CDT

      Why the Press Fell for the Cult of Karl

      (Newser) - What people don't understand about the press, Jay Rosen writes, is that reporters care less about ideology than they do about being savvy—"shrewd, practical, well-informed, perceptive, ironic, unseminental." That's what they aspire to, that's what they worship; it's their religion, if you will. Karl Rove is all those things. More »

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      media  • Karl Rove  • newspaper  • reporter  • press

    • Journal Ad Revenue Plunges

      Reuters  |  Aug 13, 07 11:26 PM CDT

      Journal Ad Revenue Plunges

      (Newser) - Ad volume in the print edition of the Wall Street Journal dropped nearly 21% and revenue fell 7.2% compared with last July, Reuters reports. The dip underscores the immediate need for Dow Jones to generate more revenue from online properties, analysts said. Ad revenue from Dow Jones' online news operations, including the Journal's web site, rose 24%. More »

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      Dow Jones  • advertising  • Rupert Murdoch  • News Corp  • Wall Street Journal  • newspaper  • ad revenue

    • Murdoch Sets Crosshairs on Times

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 13, 07 5:48 PM CDT

      Murdoch Sets Crosshairs on Times

      (Newser) - With the ink still drying on his takeover of The Wall Street Journal , Rupert Murdoch is already setting his sights on the New York Times —the current newspaper of choice for the Northeastern elite. The Australian tycoon is planning to challenge the Times by expanding the Journal 's "coverage of national, international and nonbusiness news," the LA Times reports. More »

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      advertising  • Rupert Murdoch  • Wall Street Journal  • newspaper  • New York Times  • journalism  • price war

    • Alert the Aliens: Weekly World News Dead at 28

      Washington Post  |  Aug 7, 07 4:57 PM CDT