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Person close to talks says cable TV company Cablevision on verge of buying Newsday for $650M

iht.com     1 hr ago    154 related    Send to a friend

A person with knowledge of the situation says cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. is close to buying the Long Island newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. for $650 million (€420.49 million). ... Cablevision Systems Corp. is close to buying the Long Island newspaper...

Justice criticizes use of lethal injection

signonsandiego.com     7 hrs ago    32 related    Send to a friend

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said the euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles probably died more humanely than death row prisoners do. ... Stevens' comments Friday came a month after he voted with a majority of the Supreme Court to...

Cablevision near deal to buy Newsday: source

earthtimes.org     1 hr ago    1 related    Send to a friend

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tribune Co is close to an agreement to sell its Newsday newspaper to Cablevision Systems Corp and an announcement could come as early as Monday, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday. ... Newsday reported that the deal would be valued...

Coming Next Week : Holding the Punditry to Account

5thnovember.blogspot.com     10 hrs ago    1 related    Send to a friend

The exasperated collective counter-attack by the establishment Commentariat on bloggers has inspired Guido to start a new regular feature. The Commentariat desperately want to maintain their monopoly role as media gate-keepers, as the sub-edited filters of democracy and...

Tata in world's biggest business brains list

indiaenews.com     9 hrs ago    3 related    Send to a friend

After being named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, head of India's Tata Group Ratan Tata has been included in the list of 73 biggest brains in business for his Rs.100,000 Nano car. ... Conde Nast Portfolio, a US business magazine, in...

At Arianna's Big Book Bash, Moguls Mingle But Mum's the Word on Murdoch and Newsday

observer.com     12 hrs ago    2 related    Send to a friend

Arianna Huffington made The New York Times on Friday morning for a blog post she wrote on her Web site about John McCain. In that post Ms. Huffington wrote that a few years back McCain told her at a dinner party that he did not vote for George W. Bush in 2000. This made McCain look like a...

Troubled Times

thestar.com     16 hrs ago    Send to a friend

Not so long ago, an estimated 55,000 Canadian trees gave their lives for each Sunday edition of the New York Times . That was before North American newspapers went into "secular decline," the term Wall Street uses for industry sectors whose deteriorating fortunes are deemed irreversible.

Former 'WSJ' Editor Notes Rupert's 'Dark Side' [The Tragedy Of Darth Plagueis]

gawker.com     yesterday    Send to a friend

Former Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger was tapped to write News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch's profile in Time's "100 Most Influential People" feature. So what does Steiger, who... ... Former Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger was tapped to...

News Minute: Newsday bid withdrawn...Obama takes superdelegate lead...Myanmar referendum

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Click through for continually updated top news from around the nation. ... Associated Press - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is no longer trying to purchase Newsday. Just days ago, Murdoch predicted he would clinch a deal to buy the newspaper within a week. Barack Obama has...

News Minute: Obama takes superdelegate lead...Newsday bid withdrawn...Myanmar aid

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Click through for continually updated top news from around the nation. ... Associated Press - Barack Obama is no longer trailing Hillary Rodham Clinton among superdelegates. Obama has added superdelegates from Utah, Ohio and the Virgin Islands, and that's enabled him to...