Now at (Fire) Sale Prices: A Few Daily Newspapers…and Maybe More

The deep freeze in the U.S. newspaper market thawed a bit over the last couple of weeks. There really hasn't been much of a market for metro newspapers for almost half a decade. With advertising revenue down now 21 quarters in a row, it's near-impossible to fix a value on newspaper properties. ...

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Billionaire Philanthropy Bingo: How ‘Bout 1% for News?

Think what a program to get a modest tithing, a pledging of new philanthropic dollars to assure the free flow of news and information, as that next generation of news creation is born. Using a $300 billion number, take one measly percent, and you get $3 billion. That would do the trick

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