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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL | NBC, Partners Near Weather Channel Purchase (MSDN Blogs)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:45:29 GMT

NBC, Partners Near Weather Channel Purchase By MERISSA MARR and PETER LATTMAN July 5, 2008 The long-running auction of the Weather Channel is nearing an end. General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal and two financial partners are expected to conclude a deal to buy the cable-television channel as soon as this weekend, say people familiar with the situation. Details of the final deal remain sketchy, but...

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New money & investing editor named at WSJ (Talking Biz News)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:04:07 GMT

Ken Brown has been named the new money & investing editor at The Wall Street Journal, replacing Nik Deogun, who has become the international editor. I an e-mail to the staff, managing editor Robert Thomson wrote, “I am very pleased to announce that Ken Brown will be the new Editor of Money & Investing, having performed [...]

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Let Freedom Blog! Chinese Dissidents Write Backwards To Beat Government Filters (WSJ via Digital Inspiration) (Sources And Methods)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:07:00 GMT

Great article in the Wall Street Journal recently about recent rioting on southern China and how Chinese bloggers are defeating internet censorship, in one case, by using a simple widget that lets them write backwards. The text is still readable but the automatic filters set up by the government don't recognize it (The WSJ has a paywall so if you want to see the full article, take a look at...

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL | Google Lawyers Look to Hide YouTube-User Identification (MSDN Blogs)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:06 GMT

Google Lawyers Look to Hide YouTube-User Identification By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO and MERISSA MARR July 4, 2008 6:57 a.m. Lawyers for Google Inc. Thursday asked Viacom Inc. for permission to better hide information that might help personally identify YouTube users before Google complies with a judge's demand that it hand over YouTube "user logs" -- the records of what videos people watch -- to Viacom....

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Media Digest 7/4/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg (24/7 Wall St.)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:58:31 GMT

According to Reuters, Goldman Sachs said European banks may have to raise another 60 billion to 90 billion euors to reach an aggregate Tier I ratio of 9... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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WSJ editorial paints Obama as Bush’s ideological heir- UPDATED with Video (Crooks and Liars)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:00:14 GMT

Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather) (Nicole: MSNBC wasted no time parroting WSJ’s editorial and getting those talking points out there.) Given John McCain’s record, and rhetoric, Republicans are clearly worried about how voters are going to react to the argument that McCain offers the nation “Bush’s third term.” In fact, conservatives are so worried about it, the misguided [...]

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How long will the WSJ keep its pay model? (The Long Tail)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:04:40 GMT

I'll admit it: it bugs me that Rupert Murdoch hasn't yet followed through on his plan to make the Wall Street Journal's website entirely free. It's the last big holdout in the all-web-media-must-be-free trend, and as the guy writing the...

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WSJ Editorial: We Can Lower Oil Prices Now (AllFinancialMatters)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:53:24 GMT

I read a very interesting opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal titled, We Can Lower Oil Prices Now. The author of the editorial is Martin Feldstein, who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Reagan and is a professor at Harvard and a member of The Wall Street Journal’s board [...]

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In WSJ op-ed, Rove misled about Obama ad (Media Matters)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:30 GMT

In a July 3 Wall Street Journal op-ed , Fox News contributor Karl Rove wrote that Sen. Barack Obama's "ads show he's aware of his vulnerability on two fronts: his liberal values and his meager achievements. Yet he should be more cautious with these weaknesses. His bio ad says he was raised with 'values straight from the Kansas heartland,' though he grew up in Hawaii." However, in the...

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One Word: Plastics; Steady at GE; WSJ Piece Hits Freddie (Stocks to Watch Today)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:09:02 GMT

Resin maker’s shares stretch One of the biggest gainers on the Nasdaq this afternoon was A. Schulman (SHLM), a $624 million market-cap manufacturer of resins and other materials used in construction. The shares rose $1.70, or 7.8%, to $23.02 after the Akron, Ohio-based company yesterday announced sales for the fiscal third quarter ended May 31 rosethat [...]

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Summer Reading From the Wall Street Journal - Todd S. (800-CEO-READ Blog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:21:28 GMT

Carol Hymowitz in her In The Lead column for The Wall Street Journal recommends summer reading. Among the business titles you will find: John Kotter change fable Our Iceberg Is Melting (John has a new book coming in September,...

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WSJ.com Will Go Free, Eventually (Seeking Alpha)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:47:20 GMT

Felix Salmon submits: Congratulations to wsj.com for posting impressive growth in both page views and unique visitors over the past year. Don't pay too much attention to the numbers quoted: they're "based on the company's internal traffic numbers," and therefore not much use in apples-to-apples comparisons. But the rate of change is probably reasonably reliable, and it's high. Does this mean...

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WSJ Prepares For Fourth of July With Insanity! (Radar)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:24:56 GMT

WSJ Prepares For Fourth of July With Insanity!" width="102" height="110" align="left" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /> Today's Wall Street Journal opinion page? Wow! There's Karl Rove, on "Can The Black Guy Buy The Presidency." (Sample: "Mr. Obama's ads show he's aware of his vulnerability on two fronts: his liberal values and his meager achievements.") Then there's

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WSJ.com Reaches Audience High, Site Traffic Nearly Doubles for June (Mediabuyerplanner)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:12:50 GMT

WSJ.com's traffic soared an impressive 94 percent in June compared to the same month last year, according to the company's internal traffic numbers. Total page views ballooned 45 percent, to 150...

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WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS (The Washington Times)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:09:05 GMT

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Karl Rove gets simple facts wrong in his WSJ column. (Think Progress)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:52:45 GMT

In his Wall Street Journal column today, former Bush political guru and current informal McCain adviser Karl Rove criticizes Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) for using “his money advantage to launch the air war,” claiming that this “may not be as smart as it appears”: Mr. Obama has used his money advantage to launch the air war. [...]

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Rupe's WSJ On the Up and Up (MediaBistro.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:20:48 GMT

Rupe 's Wall Street Journal continues to surprise. MediaWeek is reporting that the paper's website clocked 16.2 million unique users in June, which is up a "whopping" 94 percent from this time last year. The kicker? With the exception of some individual articles that are made accessible every day, you still have to pay to read on the WSJ.com. We're not sure what the lesson here is other...

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Wall Street Journal Links to My Blog (www.delawarelitigation.com)

fpileggi@foxrothschild.com (Francis G.X. Pileggi) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:16:31 GMT

Kevin O'Keefe , the nation's leading expert for bloggers, especially for lawyers who blog, wrote here about The Wall Street Journal linking to one of my recent blog posts. I am indebted to Kevin for showing me how to launch this blog over 3 and 1/2 years ago. His company, LexBlog , continues to provide excellent service to keep it going.

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Wall Street Journal Online Sees Traffic Explosion, Uniques Up 94% Over Last Year Despite Paywall (The Huffington Post)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:55:30 GMT

The Wall Street Journal's Web site has enjoyed significant traffic growth of late, while still managing to keep its vaunted--and some predicted, doomed--subscription model intact. WSJ.com reached 16.2 million unique users in June, a whopping 94 percent increase versus the same month last year based on the company's internal traffic numbers. The site's total page views also surged...

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WSJ calls 'bear market' [Raw Story Breaking News] (The Liberal Blog Network)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:57:38 GMT

Stocks fizzled Wednesday, ending in bear-market territory for the first time in more than 5-1/2 years as oil jumped and fears about the financial health of General Motors mounted. The Dow Jones Industrial Average enjoyed brief rallies in morning trading but ended down by 166.75 points at 11215.51, down 20.8% from its record close in October. Traditionally, a fall of 20% from a high is considered the...

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