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Last Friday the Washington Post had a very interesting article about why newspapers must be saved or our society as we know it will crumble. The two writers made a plea of sorts why a investigative press is good for us and that bloggers could never fill this void. But it was this one statement [...]

The Newspaper Association of America had requested that plans be submitted to them from industry leaders on how they would tackle the problem of how newspapers could generate more income. The newspaper appear to be unable or do not understand how to function in the digital age, and are seeking ways to stay afloat in [...]

Google is trying to woo the newspaper industry with a proposal that includes paid for content and a way to increase revenues. The Google proposal is being made to the Newspaper Association of America and addresses not only free but also paid content. Google proposal also includes a way that Google would host the content [...]

Over at the Financial Times editor Lionel Barber said that most news organizations will be charging for content in the next 12 months. He also stated that he is confident that this will happen. It is also believed that Robert Murdoch and his news group would start charging within a year while the New [...]

While Murdock and his boys stumble around the Internet, blaming everyone except themselves for their failings, Craigslist seems to be doing very well. If estimates are correct, Craigslist will take in over 100 million big ones this year. Impossible, you say! We are in a recession! The newspapers are failing and it is all the [...]

It is fashionable to blame the recession on all of your business woes. Case in point is GM. All of a sudden sales are down because of the recession. But what we learn later is that GM had been losing millions and next came billions of dollars before the recession even hit. It was piss [...]

We have all read recently of some of this countries largest and most famous newspapers going under. Lack of revenues have forced some of the oldest, Colorado Rockies since the 1860’s, to close shop. The Heart publishing giant has also come under the gun and has suffered massive loses. Now the company is prepared to [...]

Microsoft is still struggling trying to get big businesses to start using Windows Vista operating system. According to a survey by Forrester Research, Inc.  about 87% of companies with 50,000 or more employees are still using Windows XP. But the wording of the report takes on a nasty tone when it compares Vista to the [...]