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Newsday pending new owner

Three media moguls are eager to buy the Long Island newspaper Newsday from the debt-laden Tribune Co.

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Five major newspaper In Denmark republish Muhammad cartoons

In response to the arrest on Tuesday of three people who allegedly were planning to kill the artist who drew the cartoon, Kurt Westergaard. five major newspapers in Denmark have reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban.

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Washingtonpost Launches "The Root"

The Root is First-of-its-kind Web site to Focus on Black News, Views and Roots.

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Cross Ownership has Positive Effect on Local Media Coverage

The recent decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to loosen restrictions on cross ownership of newspapers and broadcast television stations in the same market has met with criticism from consumer advocates and members of Congress that a cross ownership would diminish the quality of local news coverage.

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Aaj Samaj, Hindi New Paper Launched in New Delhi

The launching a Hindi News Paper is always considered as bull work in Indian society. Dominance of well defined and highly connected English print industries always shows thumb down to vernacular Indian languages press.

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Over 20 Egyptian newspapers halt publication

More than 20 Egyptian independent and opposition newspapers were not on newsstands on Sunday as part of an effort to protest the country's crackdown on press freedom.

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Fifth Technical Journalism Competition for school newspapers, campus media

The fall of 2007 will see the fifth "Technical Journalism Competition" held by the German ZVEI (Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association) and Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D).

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Philly.com Joins Yahoo!

Philly.com Joins Yahoo! and the Newspaper Consortium to Distribute Local Content and Leverage Online Advertising Technology

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Lord Black: Guilty or Not?

Edward Greenspan, Lord Black's lawyer, accused prosecutors of invoking class prejudice to secure a conviction in the fraud trial of the former London Telegraph chairman.

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Prosecutor Raps Black in Closing Arguments

A federal prosecutor ripped into media mogul Conrad Black and other Hollinger International executives Monday, saying "they systematically stole $60 million" from shareholders and created a phony paper trail to cover their tracks, The Associated Press reported.

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Global newspaper circulation up; India, China among leaders

Internet and TV channels may be getting an increasing number of eyeballs, but newspapers are holding out to the competition as their circulation rose last year across the world on booming demand in India and China, World Association of Newspapers has said.

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India's Printing Presses Roll on Newspaper Boom

While many newspapers in Western countries are going out of business, consolidating or cutting staff, the industry is exploding in India. National circulation rose 33 percent between 2001 and 2005. The World Association of Newspapers reports India now has nearly 2,000 daily newspapers - a growth of nearly 25 percent during this decade. VOA's Steve Herman in New Delhi takes a look at what is behind India's boom.

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