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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Hearst

Hearst stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Executives at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. have been meeting with rival newspaper publishers about a consortium that would charge for web content. The publishers of the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times are all believed to have met with Jonathan Miller, the News Corp. officer overseeing digital... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • Tribune Company • Washington Post • online news • New York Times Company • News Corp • newspaper industry • Jonathan Miller • Hearst

(Newser) - Amazon is set to introduce a tabloid-sized version of the Kindle tailored to display newspapers—just one of many e-readers in the pipe that just might toss a life-preserver to print journalism, the New York Times reports. In fact, Engadget expects the new Kindle to debut Wednesday at a... More »

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technology • media • E Ink • Kindle • News Corp • Amazon • newspaper industry • Hearst • e-readers • Plastic Logic

 Seattle P-I Prints 
 Final Issue Today 

Seattle's oldest newspaper switching to online-only edition

Mar 17, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Seattle will become America's latest one-newspaper town after the final print edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer rolls off the presses today, the Seattle Times reports. Publisher Hearst is switching the 146-year-old newspaper to an online-only edition and laying off almost all of its 167 staff after it was unable to... More »

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newspaper • Seattle • online newspapers • newspaper industry • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • Hearst

 Seattle Paper Poised 
 to Switch to Online-Only 

Paper to quit printing if no buyer is found by March 10

Mar 6, 09 3:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Hearst publishing is pressing forward with plans to make the Seattle Post-Intelligencer an online-only newspaper, staffers say. The company—which has said the paper will quit publishing if no buyer is found by March 10—has made "provisional offers" to a few reporters selected to take part in the... More »

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newspaper • Seattle • online newspapers • newspaper industry • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • Hearst

Hearst to Roll Out E-Reader for Newspapers, Magazines

Publishing giant aims to save periodicals with new device

Feb 27, 09 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Hearst Corporation aims to do for periodicals what the Kindle's doing for books with a new electronic reader, CNN reports. The company—which publishes an array of magazines and newspapers, including Cosmopolitan, Esquire and the San Francisco Chronicle—hopes the device will help cushion revenues in light of sinking ad... More »

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newspaper • magazine • publishing • consumer electronics • Kindle • magazine publishing • Hearst • e-readers

Seattle Newspaper Deathwatch Begins

Post-Intelligencer put up for sale, could stop printing if there's no buyer

Jan 9, 09 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer will be closed or converted to a digital publication if a buyer doesn't emerge within 60 days, the Seattle Times reports. "Our losses have reached an unacceptable level," the executive of owner Hearst who made the announcement told the stunned newsroom today. "People cried,... More »

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