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Wall Street Journal Takes On Local News
6:12AM Hamilton Nolan | The Wall Street Journal is planning to hire a dozen new staffers to cover local news in NYC, Media Decoder reports. Let us point out every last implication to this news! More »
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Is The Wall Street Journal Bleeding Cash?
3:31AM Ryan Tate | The Wall Street Journal uses an astounding 30 to 60 staffers to produce an underwhelming webcast knockoff of CNBC, says Business Insider. That sort of overstaffing would help explain the rumours that the newspaper is haemorrhaging money. More »
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Larry Ellison Can’t Be Bothered With The Facts
8:10AM Ryan Tate | Here’s how Oracle hypes its business software: Write an ad claiming it’s exponentially better than the competition. Then, mould the facts to fit the hype. CEO Larry Ellison’s done this for decades; today he got caught. Click through for evidence. More »
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A Steve Jobs Confession, A Fanboy Shock
10:57AM Ryan Tate | Yes, Steve Jobs is that evil. Silicon Valley spent the past month convincing itself AT&T just absolutely had to be responsible for kicking the useful Google Voice application off the iPhone App store. Whoops, it was Dear Leader. More »
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You Will Soon Pay To Access All Of Rupert Murdoch’s Online Rubbish
7:09PM the cajun boy | Rupert Murdoch announced plans yesterday to charge for online access to all of News Corp’s media properties. Coincidentally, the company posted a $US203 million loss for its fourth quarter, down from a profit of $US1.1 billion from the same period last year. More »
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Where Will The Bloggers Go When The Coffee Shops Kick Them Out?
2:07PM the cajun boy | Every day in the U.S., hordes of bloggers trudge down to their local cafes to camp out all day, gorging on free wi-fi for the cost of a latte. But now the cafes are saying no more, and it’s all because of the unemployed! More »
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Dow Jones Chief To Stiff British Parliament
6:03AM John Cook | Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton was asked last week by England’s House of Commons to testify about the rampant wiretapping that he allegedly oversaw when running Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers. He’s not going to show. More »
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Wall Street Journal Editor’s Newsroom Dig At Fox News
11:51AM Ryan Tate | The Wall Street Journal’s managing editor Robert Thomson is close to News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch, personally and professionally. But that doesn’t mean the Aussie is above somehow roughhouse ribbing of his corporate siblings. More »
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Rupert Murdoch Declares Culture War
3:43AM Hamilton Nolan | In your woebegone Wednesday media column: the WSJ takes on the NYT’s culture section in a total death match, TV networks not upset they lost $US23 in ad money covering MJ, more Hobo New York Times coverage, and newspapers burn. More »
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