Alwaleed Plans Rotana Share Sale Within Two Years to Fund Expansion Plans [Bloomberg]

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal plans to sell a stake in media company
Rotana Holding to the public within two years as the billionaire
prince expands his entertainment, music and news business in the
Middle East.

http://preview.bloomberg.com/news/2010-04-26/saudi-prince-alwaleed-plans-rota...

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News Corp. chief: Google to stop getting free news [MarketWatch]

News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday he
expects online content aggregators such as Google Inc. will soon halt
the practice of posting content produced by others without paying to
do so.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/news-corp-chief-google-to-stop-getting-free-...

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Twitter Unveils Plans to Draw Money From Ads [NYTimes]

Twitter will unveil on Tuesday a much-anticipated plan for making
money from advertising, finally answering the question of how the
company expects to turn its exponential growth into revenue.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/technology/internet/13twitter.html

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Twitter snags over 100 million users, focus on revenue [Reuters]

Microblogging sensation Twitter has signed up more than 100 million
users and hopes to snag hundreds of millions more in coming years by
making the service easier and more accessible on mobile devices like
cell phones.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63D46P20100414

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News editors see new tools but little cash on Web [AP]

The people in charge of putting out the news are thrilled that
technology is giving them new tools for their craft. But they are
still searching for ways to slow the erosion of revenue that threatens
many media companies.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100414/ap_on_bi_ge/us_asne_conference

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FT Online Chief Sees Drawbacks From Google News [Bloomberg]

The Financial Times’s online chief said users are seven times less
likely to subscribe to the Web edition when they arrive via Google
News pages, compared with Google’s regular search page.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aztz.p2ozszg

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ProPublica's nonprofit's news gathering pays off for partners [WashPost]

This is a glimpse of an unexpected future: a battered newspaper
business, an idealistic start-up with a deep-pocketed liberal backer,
and dogged reporters who otherwise might be out of work.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/18/AR20100418031...

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