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New York Times will charge for news on website

The New York Times will make people pay for articles online starting next year, marking a big move by a prominent newspaper to find ways to survive on the Web as print subscriptions and advertising sales fall.

New York Times to start charging for web content

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The New York Times will begin charging for articles on its website next year, marking a major effort by the newspaper to find new revenue and combat the declines in print circulation and advertising that have badly hurt the publishing industry.
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New York Times may charge for online content: report

The New York Times Co Chairman Arthur Sulzberger is close to announcing that the paper will begin charging for access to its website, New York Magazine reported on its Web site citing people familiar with internal deliberations.
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New York Times scraps plan to sell Boston Globe

The New York Times Co said it has given up its plan to sell The Boston Globe and related businesses after drastic cuts it imposed on the daily newspaper earlier this year improved its financial position.
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CBS News to partner with GlobalPost

CBS News has reached a deal with the news website GlobalPost to use its 70 correspondents around the world to reinforce its foreign news reporting.
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Newspapers' pain presents opportunities for marketers

Elitism, atrophy, complacence and a resistance to new ideas: MediaCom's Strategy Director Philip Phelan didn't mince words when he pronounced the cause of the newspaper's deteriorating health at the MBS Marketing Association's event Who Killed the Newspaper? this month.
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Charging for Web content no panacea for newspapers

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.
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News Corp eyes online news consortium: report

In an effort to combat falling advertising revenue, News Corp executives have been proposing the formation of a consortium with other publishers to charge for news distributed on the Internet and on portable devices, the Los Angeles Times reported on its website.
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Politkovskaya murder retrial begins in Moscow

Three suspects in the murder of journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya went on trial for a second time in Moscow Wednesday as supporters questioned the authorities' will and ability to solve the case.
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Iran's Neda shows citizen journalism unleashed

Youtube frames of 'Neda', a young Iranian woman whose face is engulfed in blood, are a horrific image of what some are calling the Tehran spring. They also show the genie unleashed by citizen journalists.
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Internet most popular information source: poll

The Internet is by far the most popular source of information and the preferred choice for news ahead of television, newspapers and radio, according to a new poll in the United States.
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Geffen offered to buy NY Times stake: source

Media mogul David Geffen tried to buy a stake in the New York Times Co from hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, but was rejected, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Monday.
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Boston Globe union, NY Times reach accord

The Boston Globe's biggest union reached a tentative accord on Wednesday with owner New York Times Co to secure the money-losing newspaper's survival after a month of intense negotiations.
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NY Times union members OK 5 percent pay cut: memo

Unionized employees at the New York Times Co flagship newspaper and its digital unit ratified a deal on Monday to cut pay by 5 percent, according to a memo obtained by Reuters, paving the way for a reduction in pay for 1,300 employees starting Tuesday.
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NY Times leads race for Pulitzer Prize's in 2009

The New York Times took the lead for the Pulitzer Prize this afternoon walking off as the winners in five categories including investigative reporting, breaking news reporting and international reporting.
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New York Times cuts sections to save money

New York Times Co's flagship newspaper plans to eliminate several weekly sections and cut freelance spending to save millions of dollars in annual costs, according to a memo obtained by Reuters.
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New York Times threatens to shut Boston Globe

The New York Times Co has threatened to shut The Boston Globe unless the newspaper's unions quickly agree to $20 million in concessions, the Globe reported on Friday, quoting union leaders.

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