ANDREW VANACORE

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News site counts on readers to pay for experience

A new website called Ongo wants to charge people $7 per month to look at news that is for the most part free elsewhere.

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Viacom CEO 2010 compensation jumps to $84.5M

Viacom Inc. CEO Philippe Dauman's compensation more than doubled in 2010 from the year before, according to an Associated Press analysis, mainly because of stock options and awards.

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AMD tops estimates with 4Q results

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit shrank from a year ago, when a big legal settlement it won from archrival chip maker Intel Corp. pumped up AMD's earnings.

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New deal site offers steep restaurant discounts

Foodies have a new way to snag reservations at posh urban eateries — and enjoy them at a steep discount.

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SmartMoney magazine revamps for the digital age

Today's investors are bombarded with stock tips: from the Web, from "Mad Money" Jim Cramer — even from their cell phones. How does a monthly magazine keep pace?

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Correction: Associated Press-iCopyright Suit

In a story Dec. 14, The Associated Press reported that iCopyright Inc., a company that is suing the AP for breach of contract, provides technology for tracking how news stories are used on the Web. Although the company does provide such software, it was not part of the AP contract and the AP did not make use of it.

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Publishers say ad trends improving

The country's biggest newspaper publishers say advertising trends continue to improve in the fourth quarter — even if they are still not ready to predict when or if traditional print revenue will start growing again.

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Sick of campaign ad avalanche? TV stations aren't

For TV viewers, this cutthroat election year is a riot of attack ads and media saturation made possible by big-money donors. For TV stations, it's a stimulus package.

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Print declines continue to drag down publishers

The country's largest newspaper publishers still haven't been able to reverse a slump in advertising sales more than three years after it began.

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Analysts see broad strategy by Cablevision in feud

The contract dispute that has left 3 million Cablevision subscribers without Fox programming since the weekend may be just one move in a broader chess match between broadcast TV companies and subscription TV providers.

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Tribune Co. wins broader support for Chap. 11 plan

The Tribune Co. says it has won broader support for a new bankruptcy-reorganization plan. With new backing from a major lender and a committee of junior lenders, the agreement could help the media conglomerate finally free itself from bankruptcy protection after nearly two years in court.

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Choice of CEO signals new direction for HP

The appointment of a German software executive as Hewlett-Packard Co.'s next CEO sends an unmistakable signal that the board of the world's largest technology company is prepared to gamble big on an aggressive push into the software business.

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Tribune signs on 2 lenders in Chapter 11 plan

Tribune Co. has lined up two of its major lenders behind a new reorganization plan that the newspaper publisher hopes will allow it to exit Chapter 11 protection.

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BlackBerry CEO suggests route to eavesdropping

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. says it has no way of providing government officials with the text of encrypted corporate e-mails its devices serve up. But if the companies that employ BlackBerry phones want to hand over the encryption keys to their e-mail, it won't object.

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BlackBerry maker offers tablet aimed at businesses

The company that gave us the BlackBerry - still the dominant phone in corporate circles - thinks its business customers will have room in their briefcases for at least one more device: the PlayBook.

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Forbes undergoes radical overhaul

Forbes is having a "money where your mouth is" moment.

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Correction: Wall Street Journal-Weekend Edition

In a story Sept. 19 about the new weekend edition of The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Robert Messenger, who will edit the Journal's new book review, will report to Gary Rosen, editor of the new Review section. Messenger will report to Paul Gigot, the Journal's editorial page editor.

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2 creditors file Chapter 11 plan in Tribune case

Two major creditors in the Tribune Co. bankruptcy case filed a proposed reorganization plan for the media company Friday. It seeks to speed up the company's exit from Chapter 11 by giving creditors the right to sue key players involved in the 2007 leveraged buyout that wound up driving Tribune into bankruptcy court a year later.

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Thomas Guinzburg, former Paris Review editor, dies

Thomas Guinzburg, who helped found the Paris Review, the celebrated literary journal, and later ran the publisher Viking Press, died Wednesday in New York at the age of 84.

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Oracle's Ellison gets pay package worth $70M

Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest people, drew a pay package worth about $70 million during the company's most recent fiscal year.

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Ad campaign will show off Xerox's service business

Xerox Corp. has this message for you: For the last time, we're not just about making copies.

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Review: News app that lets you choose your editor

Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your mom? Anyone you know, really?

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Ad recovery boosts revenue for broadcast, cable

Americans may be fond of the Web, but they are still in love with their TV sets — and so are the advertisers who want to reach them.

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Conde Nast shakes up top ranks in search of growth

Publisher Conde Nast is shuffling its top ranks as it looks to boost growth amid a deep advertising slump across the magazine industry.

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Economic worries cast a cloud at media conference

Tech and media moguls gathered here for an annual confab this week sounded a mostly cautious note on the economy.

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