08/28/2008
News Corp said launching Japan satellite TV channel (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
News Corp plans to launch another satellite television channel in Japan by 2011, according to a Nikkei report that cited no sources.
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08/29/2008
Russian chicken ban more bad news for U.S. producers (USA Today)
The nation's chicken producers faced more bad news Thursday as Russia said that 19 U.S. poultry producers will be barred from exporting their products there, a move that would deprive them access to a key market.
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08/28/2008
Web news aggregators rise despite papers woes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Local newspapers may be faced with hard times, but the ability to get news on a mobile device is flourishing, with several outlets providing context that helps explain particular stories' places in the larger universe of world events.
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08/29/2008
Weekly world news quiz (BBC News)
At the end of another week, test your knowledge with our world news quiz.
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08/29/2008
DIVA TALK: Chatting with Spring Awakening 's Alexandra Socha Plus News of Chenoweth, White (Playbill)
News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
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08/28/2008
Malaysia blocks anti-government news Web site (AP via Yahoo! News)
Malaysia has blocked access to a popular news Web site that often runs afoul of authorities for its sensational political reporting, sparking complaints Thursday that the government has reneged on its pledge to keep cyberspace uncensored.
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08/28/2008
News Corp. Will Add New Japanese Satellite Channel, Nikkei Says (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- News Corp. will add a new satellite- television channel to its media holdings in Japan, Nikkei English News reported, without saying where it got the information.
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08/28/2008
U.S. News' College Report Online Revenues in Seven Figures (CBS News)
So says U.S. News & World Report president Bill Holiber, talking about the relaunch of its America's Best Colleges online portal, in an interview with Folio. Its flagship franchise list saw about 15 million page views in the last one week, and online revenue around the story is up 500 percent. "We're well into seven figures just online for this story," he said. The publisher has sold major ...
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08/28/2008
U.S. News' College Report Online Revenues in Seven Figures (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
So says U.S. News & World Report president Bill Holiber, talking about the relaunch of its America's Best Colleges online portal, in an interview with Folio. Its flagship franchise list saw about 15 million page views in the last one week, and online revenue around the story is up 500 percent.
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08/28/2008
UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News (UPI)
Spanish town faithful to baby-jumping ... School bullies set to be graded in Italy ... Britons drive to Greece on cooking fat ... Yank fan's 7th-inning stretch from hell ... UPI Quirks in the News.
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