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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Schurz Invests in Rural Broadband Supplier DigitalBridge Communications Corp., a private operator of WiMax 4G broadband networks in underserved and rural America, completed additional equity financing, including an investment from Schurz Communications, that will join next-generation communications with Schurz-supplied content for potentially millions of consumers. - November 20, 2009
Tribune Making Payment on DIP Loan The Tribune Co. is paying back $170 million of the remaining amount of debtor-in-possession (DIP) loan issued by Barclays Bank. - November 10, 2009
Former Boston Publisher Dies at 68 C. Peter Jorgensen, former publisher of six weekly suburban Boston newspapers, died of cancer on Sept. 25 at the age of 68 at his home in Tunbridge, Vt. - November 09, 2009
Wall Street (Mostly) Stops Betting Against Newspaper Stocks More than a year after the stocks of publicly traded newspaper companies collapsed to historic lows, shares are up big, and short-sellers who profit on falling prices are staying away. - by Mark Fitzgerald - November 19, 2009
At IAPA in Argentina At this week's Inter American Press Association in Buenos Aires, three former Latin American presidents impress with their way not just with words -- but ideas. - by Mark Fitzgerald - November 13, 2009
Snakes on the Plame: Previews of Upcoming Film Based on CIA Leak Case Like everyone who covered extensively the CIA leak case, Judy Miller and the Scooter Libby trial, I am anxiously awaiting, with appropriate skepticism, the pending release of the first Hollywood treatment, starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. Director Doug Liman offers a preview, and so does "anonymous." - by Greg Mitchell - October 28, 2009
At Inland Annual Meeting -- Cuts, Content and Quips Inland Press Association kicked off its 124th annual meeting in Chicago Monday with surprisingly robust attendance, but plenty of discussions, in and out of the meeting rooms, about the industry's preoccupations: monetizing online content and casting about for a new business model that works. - by Mark Fitzgerald - October 27, 2009
North American Newsprint Mill Operating Rates Up; Price Hikes Imminent As newsprint mills in North America continue to take extensive downtime to try to tighten markets for a price increase this fall, production in September fell 33.8% year-over-year, bringing total output through 2009's first three quarters to 5.381 million tonnes -- down 30.6% from a year earlier. - by Debra Garcia - October 26, 2009
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