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Remaindered Links November 13, 2008

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1.2million Fake NY Times Distributed -”City residents awakened yesterday to a phony issue of The New York Times with the banner headline Iraq War Ends”

Online Tool Makes It Easy for Small Advertisers to Advertise in the Orange County Register’s Publications -”It’s a user-friendly and affordable way to place ads in a matter of minutes, and offers a practical solution for businesses that do not have time to consult with a sales representative.”

Online Subscriptions to the Wall Street Journal’s Web Site Raise About US$100 Million

Fairfax Media Reports Being Well Positioned for the Challenges Ahead, No Further Cuts Likely -”The chief executive of rival News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, this month warned that media groups around the world faced a difficult period…”

Management of the Associated Press and Its Newspaper Owners Not Necessarily Seeing Eye-to-Eye on the News Service’s Role

Remaindered Newspaper Links November 7, 2008

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-Obama bits and loose ends from Kottke.org – lots of interesting facts and links

-API Summit on Saving an Industry in Crisis from americanpressinstitute.org – an invitation only event for newspaper execs to save the newspaper industry.  It make no sense to me that the very people who don’t know how to fix things are the only ones being invited.  Invite Om Malik, Ariana Huffington, Matt Drudge, Eric Schmidt, Young People, Outside programmers and developers, etc…

-’Washington Post’ Launches New Government-Focused Web Pages from Editor&Publisher

-How To Make News Cheaper from Forbes.com – or is it just cheap news?  the solution seems poor.

-Newspapers That Use Twitter from GraphicDesigner – Excellent page on newspaper Twitter usage with stats and links.  As of October 2008 newspapers have 793 Twitter accounts.  The Top accounts by followers are NY Times and Washington Post.