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free stories: 9 news summaries

Iconic London Paper Goes
Free After 182 Years

Owners eliminate cover price as Evening Standard hemorrhages cash

Oct 2, 09 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Evening Standard, London's 182-year-old afternoon newspaper, will become a freesheet later this month in an attempt to pump up the struggling title's circulation. The Standard, purchased by Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev last year for the fire-sale price of one pound, loses $16 million a year and may fire staff... More »

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newspaper • London • free • British media • newspaper industry • Alexander Lebedev • Evening Standard

 Microsoft to Give Away 
 New Web-Based Office 

Goes head-to-head with Google's online apps

Jul 13, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft, the “king of paid software,” is going free with an online version of Office next year, Fortune reports. “The sleeping giant in Redmond has clearly woken up to the Internet threat,” writes Jon Fortt. Microsoft is risking “cannibalizing its own Office business,” but... More »

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Microsoft • free • Microsoft Office • Google Apps

BOOK REVIEW

 Anderson vs. Gladwell: 
 The Battle Over Free  

Anderson's new book sets off old-school journalists' feud

Jul 1, 09 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Anderson's new book, Free, examining the repercussions the Internet trend of bringing costs to zero, triggered a mini-war with Malcolm Gladwell, who lambasted him for arguing that "the New York Times should be staffed by volunteers, like Meals on Wheels." In the London Times, Antonia Senior does... More »

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media • online media • Malcolm Gladwell • free • book reviews • new media • Chris Anderson

(Newser) - Microsoft is developing free anti-virus software to compete with subscription services from Symantec and McAfee, Reuters reports. The program, codenamed Morro, will be released in beta “soon” and will likely have similar features to other companies’ entry-level products that cost about $40 a year. Microsoft made an attempt to... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • software • computer virus • free • Symantec • McAfee • Morro • program

OPINION

 With News, 
 'We Get What 
 We Pay For' 

Sick media must not die

May 10, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - We know the mainstream media is sick, but it doesn’t have to die, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times. When television appeared, people worried it would eat movies, Broadway, and radio; all these forms still exist, having “learned to adapt and to collaborate with the monster.... More »

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Internet • newspaper • journalism • free • Frank Rich • new media • business models • reporting • investigative journalism

 Madoff Victims Get Free Meal 

New York restaurant offers three-course meal to Ponzi scheme victims

Mar 19, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch—but if you were a victim of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, a restaurant in New York will give you a free dinner. This week Nino's 208, an Italian restaurant located near Madoff's offices, is offering the city's swindled any three courses... More »

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New York • restaurant • free • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff

Smart Software Programs Write Your To-Do Lists

Schedule events, reminders from text or voice statements

Jun 12, 08 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Busy? A new kind of online organizer works like a personal assistant, interpreting loose statements—like “have brunch with Margaret on Sunday"—and turning them into scheduled events on users’ calendars. Free programs like Presdo, IWantSandy and reQall use natural language processing to organize casually written, and sometimes... More »

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calendars • software • free • personal assistant • Presdo • IWantSandy • reQall

Free Broadband Could Be Part of Feds' Auction Plan

FCC head considers plan that could have 95% of US covered in 10 years

May 29, 08 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Communication Commission wants you to have free Internet, the Wall Street Journal reports, and it's considering a plan to auction airwaves with the requirement that the winner offer Wi-fi free to most of the US. The free access would come with its own strings for users, though, in... More »

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FCC • free • WiFi • spectrum auction • Internet access • bandwidth

Grocery Chain Offers Free
Rx Meds

Publix pharmacies
will dispense 7 antibiotics at no cost

Aug 6, 07 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pharmacies in Publix supermarkets across five Southern states will distribute seven antibiotics free to patients with prescriptions, the chain said today. The CEO allows that one goal is to drive customer traffic, but it's also an example of the private sector assisting access to affordable health care, the AP reports.... More »

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medicine • health care • retail • pharma • antibiotics • free • Publix • Charlie Crist

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