CNN has cut ties with the Associated Press, a wire service that has been a backbone of American news media for more than a century. The move exemplifies how the news industry and its traditional business models are changing in the ever-accelerating information age.

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CNN Drops AP: Old Business Models and The New Journalism originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:51:00.

Filed Under: Media, Time Warner, Thomson Reuters

The New York Times will soon charge, AT&T is ceasing unlimited data usage for iPhones and not all video will be free on Hulu. It's slowly sinking in that even online, free can't compete with paid and unlimited can't compete with tiered. It's the end of an era.

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Goodbye, Unlimited and Free: What Will You Pay for iPhone, News or Hulu? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:33:00.

Filed Under: Technology, Apple, AT&T, New York Times Co, News Corp

Is The New York Times shooting itself in the foot with its plans to charge online readers? I raised the question Monday, asking whether the pay system would reduce bloggers' links to the newspaper, and now bloggers and the newspaper are weighing in.

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The New York Times vs. Bloggers Debate Heats Up originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 25 May 2010 18:30:00.

Filed Under: Media, New York Times Co, News Corp

CNN and CBS have unsuccessfully flirted with the idea of a partnership many times in the past. But now they're giving it another whirl. Could a recent fall in CNN's fortunes make it ready to commit?

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CBS and CNN Talk Partnership: Why It Could Be Different This Time originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 05 May 2010 09:00:00.

Filed Under: Media, Time Warner

A new report finds that Americans are abandoning newspapers and magazines an extraordinary rate and are increasingly turning to cable and the Internet. Between 2008 and 2009, cable and online audiences grew nearly 10% whilebut newspapers dropped over 10% and magazines nearly as much.

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Media Consumers Turn to Cable and Internet originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:00.

Filed Under: Technology, Google

The news-media industry has no more beloved whipping boy than Google (GOOG), which -- in the eyes of its many detractors -- profits from selling advertising around links to articles while the newspapers that publish the articles themselves go begging. But being a whipping boy gets old.

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Google and the Associated Press Play Hardball originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:36:00.

Filed Under: Technology, Media, Google

What will Sarah Palin do now? That was the prevailing question among watchers of the former Vice Presidential candidate when she quit her job as Alaska governor in July. With her book, Going Rogue, finished, her prospects on the speaker's circuit dim. Yet the question remained open -- until Monday afternoon, when The New York Times uncovered one answer: She's becoming a contributor to Fox News.

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Sarah Palin Heads to Fox News originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:45:00.

Filed Under: People, Media, News Corp.

KEN BAKA/SUN NEWSDr. Javier Alvarez-Tostado, left, a vascular surgeon at Marymount Hospital, and Michael J. Habowski, vice president of clinical services at Marymount. GARFIELD HTS. -- For people suffering from hardened arteries, Marymount Hospital advanced its role as a neighborhood...