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No sale yet for Nielsen Business Media (NBM) but most of it is about two weeks away from being acquired by a consortium led by James Finkelstein’s News Communications, paidContent has learned from multiple sources. We have also learned that Lachlan Murdoch—yes, that Lachlan Mu (Read More)
New York Times:
A variety of economists say that economic stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would.
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New York Times:
Analysts and executives are wondering if the economic model of broadcast television, which is more heavily reliant on advertising than cable, is irreparably broken.
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Silicon Alley Insider:
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- As it gets ready to officially take ownership of BusinessWeek magazine, Bloomberg is looking for help with global branding and advertising across its portfolio of media properties.In a request for information sent out to agencies, Bloomberg said it's looking to establish an agency-of-record agreement (Read More)
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Michael White, the PepsiCo vet who takes over as president and CEO of DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) Jan. 1, could make more than $35 million during his three-year contract, according to an SEC filing. His base salary is $1.5 million a year with up to 200 percent bonus based on meeting p (Read More)
Ars Technica:
College isn't cheap these days, even if you're attending public university. In that case, pretty much any discount offered to students is welcome. Microsoft's Mac Business Unit has just announced that it's offering a special discount on the full Office 2008 Business Edition for US college students, offering them a 70 pe (Read More)
New York Times:
Any tax imposed on financial transactions would have to take effect internationally to prevent Wall Street jobs and related business moving overseas, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. (Read More)
New York Times:
A line for a Chicago food pantry formed across the street from a seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom, 6,000-square-foot home with a two-bedroom coach house.
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New York Times:
Earl E. Devaney, the chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, says reports of job creation came from aid recipients and were not always verified.
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New York Times:
A look at recent employment data indicates that boomers have persevered in these hard times, and are less likely to grow discouraged and quit the job hunt than younger workers are.
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paidContent.org:
The Associated Press’ layoffs this week have satisfied the goal of reducing payroll costs by 10 percent, the wire service said in a statement. The final tally of the layoffs was 90 news department staffers, the AP said. About 71 jobs were represented by the Newspaper Guild, wh (Read More)
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The Associated Press’ layoffs this week, combined with earlier cuts, have trimmed payroll costs by 10 percent, the wire service said in a statement. The final tally of the layoffs was 90 news department staffers, the AP said. About 71 jobs were represented by the Newspaper Gui (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Several well-known BusinessWeek columnists and editors are among the 100 staffers Bloomberg has cut when the magazine’s ownership is transferred next month. Some of the names include senior reporter Stephen Baker, Technology & You columnist Steve Wildstrom, personal finance e (Read More)