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    Investors take 10 per cent stake in New York Times

    A boardroom fight may be brewing at the New York Times, according to Philip Stone, of followthemedia.com. The Times, like many newspaper companies in Canada and the United States, has a dual-stock structure that gives founding family members control over the board of directors. Two investment funds, Harbinger Capital Partners and Firebrand Partners, recently purchased…

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    Non profit future for journalism?

    ProPublica won a lot of attention when it was announced last year, but it is not the only new experiment in non-profit journalism. The Christian Science Monitor (itself a non-profit entity) has an interesting article about the Voice in San Diego and MinnPost in Minneapolis, two non-profit newspapers that focus on local coverage. ProPublica, of…

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    New model for Madison

    The Capital Times newspaper in Madison Wisconsin switched from a daily broadsheet to a twice weekly tabloid. The 90-year-old newspaper is expected to carry far more content on its new beefed up website than in its new print edition.

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    A British perspective on changes to local news

    Local news in the UK could undergo seismic change in 2008: the technology exists for leading regional newspaper groups to radically overhaul their sites. But as internet start-ups invade their markets with lower costs and a native understanding of new media, Paul Bradshaw asks, are local newspapers moving fast enough?

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    Government-subsidized news?

    Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Columbia University School of Journalism, mused about state subsidies for public service journalism in a program on American Public Media. 

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    CNN to feed newspaper content

    It used to be that television and radio relied on newspapers for content. In the current US election, the reverse will be true for newspapers in the international Metro chain of free dailies. More than 100 Metros in 21 countries will rely on CNN content for US campaign news.

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    Une loi française sur la protection des sources

    PARIS (Reuters) – Un projet de loi qui va renforcer le droit des journalistes à protéger leurs sources va être prochainement transmis au Conseil d’Etat pour avis, avant une présentation au Parlement prévue au printemps, annonce le cabinet de la ministre de la Justice Rachida Dati.