Ads and News: ‘Google News’ Latches On to an Old Idea

Now they find themselves in a too-familiar fix. Not only have they allowed to Google to index and snippet their stories -- "fair use" has never been finally adjudicated in the course -- but they've grown dependent on Google traffic overall. Google traffic began as a gateway drug and now has ...

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Is it Time for the Times to Get Out of Local Paper Business?

You can feel the walls closing in at the new, light-filled Times building off Times Square. Consider: —America’s (the world’s?) largest newsroom is getting a major haircut. Of the current 1300 jobs, 100 will be gone soon, victim of the increasingly familiar buyout/layoff ...

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