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    Congrats to National Headliner winners

    Nice to see the Free Press do well. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jrBVbEVwKPG37h7T1HM2pC-UCYygD976I5SO0
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    Zell gave music box to Blagojevich

    Feds on top of it: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-blagojevich-zell12-2009mar12,0,6053527.story
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    Poynter: News companies only halfway through free fall

    http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=123&aid=152618
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    Singleton: copy editors may be cheaper in India

    http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2008-10-20-singleton_N.htm
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    OC Register eliminating business section

    http://www.ocregister.com/money/news-section-register-1962455-business-newspaper
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    Yahoo layoffs

    It's not just newspapers. Almost anything involving literacy is taking hits these days. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/21/yahoo_jobs_purge/
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    Favorite Halloween sports ledes

    Halloween was Wednesday, but Podunk College QB John Doe was running scared on Saturday... Trick-or-treat came early for Hillbilly U in last night's big matchup... As far as the Fightin' Eagles were concerned, Memorial Stadium was a haunted house last night... It's my favorite time of year for...
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    I love this business, but I am so depressed

    Friends laid off. Budget cuts. Staff cuts. Hiring freezes. Anybody got any good news about growth in this business? Will the business be able to sustain decent staff sizes in 5-10 years? Anybody got any somewhat serious tips on how to cheer yourself up in this age?
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    Should newspapers sue Google and Yahoo as a class action?

    Would that help stop the bleeding by giving newspapers a cut of the gigantic profits of Google and Yahoo? I can see it happening: Newspapers band together as a consortium, seeking huge damages from Google and Yahoo. It would accuse those sites of making huge profits by circulating news...
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    How small can a staff be shrunk?

    With the 25 percent cut in San Francisco and the draconian cuts in San Jose, both big city regional papers are looking at newsrooms of around 300. How small can you take it before you realize that you just cut your way into oblivion and don't have enough bodies to answer all the complaint...
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    If you're a preps writer, how not to move up

    I know a preps writer who just ain't moving up even if there are openings at his own paper. He just doesn't have the stones to break news, get depth to his stories or confront people. He's always going for the fluff. He doesn't even dare call coaches on their cell phones. So what's his plan...
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    When layoffs happen

    Everybody at sizable dailies is worried about this it seems. So for those who know, when layoffs are made, on what basis are they usually made? Reverse seniority? Seniority? Evaluations? Drawing straws? I would think in this age, as newspapers strive to be relevant, that reverse seniority...
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    Children of Men. See it.

    A great piece of imaginative and realistic filmmaking about the future. Great performances by several actors. It's got action, suspense, drama. A real treat. It also says a lot about mankind in the year 2007, depending how you interpret it.
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    Ralph Nader goes after the BCS

    http://www.leagueoffans.org/bcscolumn.html
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    Israel has a "right to defend itself" but...

    does it not seem like they're trying kill a few roaches by swinging a wrecking ball at the whole building? Those Lebanese people didn't do anything.
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    Sports Departments Lacking Diversity (report)

    I didn't see this posted. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-apse23jun23,1,1782018.story?coll=la-headlines-sports Are newspapers getting lots of minority applicants and turning them down? Are there a lot of minorities coming through journalism school and smaller papers who are just getting...
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    LA Times' Steve Lopez on the newspaper business

    http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-me-lopez21jun21,1,6404341.column?coll=la-news-columns
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