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free news stories: 4 news summaries

Changes Afoot for Hollywood Trade Pubs

Variety to charge for online content; THR
will move to web

Sep 18, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Variety will go back behind a pay wall next year, less than 2 years after tearing down its old one, the Los Angeles Times reports. Variety.com will be open only to print or online subscribers, just as it was before February 2007. “Everyone thought then that... More »

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online media • paid content • Internet advertising • Variety magazine • Variety • free news • Nikki Finke • Brian Gott • The Hollywood Reporter

Wired Editor Plagiarizes Wikipedia in
New Book

Ironically, Anderson's tome is on free content

Jun 24, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Virginia Quarterly Review has found almost a dozen plagiarized passages in Chris Anderson’s upcoming book Free, a book that, ironically, is all about free content. Most of the passages were cribbed verbatim from Wikipedia, while another was from a professor’s personal website, and yet another from another... More »

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Wikipedia • plagiarism • Wired • Chris Anderson • free news • Virginia Quarterly Review

Murdoch: I'll Charge for News Sites Within Year

New York Post, London Times may join Journal behind pay wall

May 7, 09 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you think you can get your newspaper online for free, you can just think again, says News Corp honcho Rupert Murdoch, who plans to charge for access to his papers' websites "within the next 12 months" in an attempt to fix a "malfunctioning" business model. Murdoch... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • New York Post • News Corp • newspaper industry • free news • Times of London

(Newser) - Google CEO Eric Schmidt's proposed model for online newspapers calls for a cable TV-like approach to subscription content, with tiers like free, basic, and premium. His ideas not only come too late, but they're “deeply flawed,” Douglas A. McIntyre writes for 24/7 Wall Street. And "even if... More »

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Google • New York Times • advertising • cable TV • subscription • online newspapers • newspaper industry • free news

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