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Charging for Web content no panacea for newspapers

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Two generations of Murdochs have caused a wave of excitement in the battered newspaper industry in recent weeks with a series of comments and actions suggesting that charging readers for news on the Web is the way forward.

Flixster's Movies aims to connect film fans

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Film website Flixster launched a new version of its iPhone application Movies this week, highlighting how technology and the Web are bringing Hollywood directly to fans and bypassing traditional information outlets like newspapers.
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GM plans significant increase in ad spending

General Motors Co GM.UL plans to increase its advertising budget for the rest of 2009 and 2010 to challenge consumer perceptions on quality and fuel economy that the automaker believes are out of line with improvements in its vehicle line-up.
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Scripps posts surprise profit, shares soar

Media conglomerate E.W. Scripps Co posted a surprise quarterly profit, helped by lower expenses even as advertising revenue slumped, and said it amended a credit agreement, sending its shares up as much as 33 percent.
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Interpublic profit drops; shares down sharply

Interpublic Group reported a sharper-than-expected drop in quarterly results, sending its shares down 11 percent and making it clear that the advertising industry's troubles are not yet over.
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Viacom posts lower profit

Viacom Inc reported a steep fall in quarterly earnings, hit by poor advertising revenue and a dropoff in sales of its Rock Band video game.
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Media moguls rethink Web advertising in downturn

The recession-fueled advertising downturn underlines the urgency of using the Web to glean data and target consumers directly, rather than blasting them with a barrage of TV-style ads, media executives say.
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Yahoo outlook misses expectations

Yahoo Inc's third-quarter forecasts fell short of Wall Street expectations, sending shares 3.2 percent lower, as the Internet company announced plans to step up spending despite persistent weakness in the advertising market.
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Yahoo outlook misses, shares slip

Yahoo Inc's third-quarter forecasts fell short of Wall Street expectations, sending shares 3.2 percent lower, as the Internet company announced plans to step up spending despite persistent weakness in the advertising market.
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Google quarterly results fail to excite

Google Inc's quarterly profit beat Wall Street expectations, but the weak economy and slump in advertising spending took a toll on revenue growth and the price of its search ads.
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Google faced rougher landscape in second quarter

Wall Street expects Google Inc to report tepid revenue growth for the second quarter on Thursday amid a tough advertising market and a sharpened attack on its business by rival Microsoft Inc .
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Big media seek 21st century business models

Media moguls at this week's Sun Valley conference have spent as much time discussing how to reconfigure business models disrupted by the Web as they have worrying about the weak economy.
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Confidential Google presentation on behavioral Ads leaks

Consumer Watchdog on Thursday releases a confidential and proprietary annotated version and questions on Google presentation for policymakers that so called online behavioral advertising is transparent to its browser users.
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Advertising set for mild 2010 recovery

The downturn in global advertising is approaching its lowest point and, after a fall of 8.5 percent in 2009, the industry should see a mild recovery in 2010, a leading media agency predicted on Monday.
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Web advertisers propose self-regulation principles

Online advertisers are proposing a mix of consumer education, disclosures about what information is being collected and special protections for children and sensitive information in an effort to head off tough legislation.

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