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Newspapers Opening Up to New Ideasnew

USA Today  |  02-01-2006  10:19 am  |  Industry News

Search Engines Challenged on 'Theft'new

Financial Times  |  02-01-2006  8:49 am  |  Industry News

Magna Warns of Political Ad Boon, Tells Clients to Lock Up Medianew

Media Daily News (reg. req.)  |  02-01-2006  7:11 am  |  Industry News

It's Official: New Times, Village Voice Merger Is a Done Deal

In a Jan. 31 press release, Scott Spear, senior vice president of Village Voice Media, announced that the merger has closed. The merger plans of New Times Media, LLC, and Village Voice Media were first announced on Oct. 23, 2005; in late November, the Department of Justice declared that it would not block the merger.
01-31-2006  3:36 pm  |  Industry News

LEO Founder Runs for Congressnew

John Yarmuth, founder and former executive editor of the Louisville Eccentric Observer, will run in the Democratic primary for Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District seat, which is currently held by Republican Anne Northup. Although Yarmuth sold LEO to Times Publishing in 2003, he has continued to pen a regular column for the paper. (LEO is suspending the column as long as Yarmuth remains in the race.) Michael Clingaman, the executive director of Kentucky's Republican Party, told The Courier-Journal that Yarmuth is "the most liberal of the liberals, and he's bragged about it in print for 15 years."
The Courier-Journal  |  01-31-2006  1:18 pm  |  Industry News

Newsprint Industry Ends 2005 on a Down Notenew

Editor & Publisher  |  01-31-2006  4:50 pm  |  Industry News

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