A ray of hope for US newspapers

NEWSWATCH: US newspapers facing plunging ad revenues and a haemorrhaging readership may profit from a new company designed to make money from news, reports IOL.

15 Apr 2009

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IOL: New venture to help newspapers make money online… Three veteran newspaper editors in the United States yesterday, Tuesday 14 April 2009, launched a new company with the aim of helping struggling US newspapers to generate revenue from the distribution of their digital news.

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