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ThinkstockThe way people get their news is changing. In a recent survey, one-fifth now claim that their mobile phone is the primary access point for news. Nearly 40% of consumers of online news use...
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Automobile classified ad site Cars.com is reported to be out seeking a buyer at an asking price of around $3 billion. The site is owned by Classified Ventures, a consortium of newspaper publishers.
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ThinkstockEver since the early days of the World Wide Web, people have talked about making individual news stories available for very small amounts of money. The so-called micro-payments idea never...
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By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe flagship of New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) and The Wall Street Journal each ran lengthy articles about how Jeff Bezos could transform the...
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Jon OggThe world of media convergence gets stranger and stranger by the month. Old media wants to be new media, but now it seems that the billionaires want to control the world of old media. News...
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ThinkstockWhat big city daily is not for sale, or has been sold already? The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) has not parted with its flagship. However, the company probably would get very little...
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By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) has announced that Jeff Bezos is paying $250 million to acquire the Post’s newspaper publishing...
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courtesy of Time WarnerThe Hispanic population in the United States is growing much faster than the formerly dominant white, non-Latin one. That may have been a threat to traditional media outlets....
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thinkstockTV represents the easiest way to get news, if the person seeking the news wants to expend as little effort as possible. Tapping the Internet or newspapers requires effort, and the desire to...
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ThinkstockAfter markets closed on Friday, News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) formally split itself into two pieces: a publishing company still to be called News Corp. and a movie and TV company named...
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ThinkstockThe Boston Globe is barely there anymore. Its circulation has fallen so far that it is below those of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Honolulu Star Advertiser. And Boston, the home to one of...
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