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Boulder's Thirteenth Street Media, Reno group buy Arizona newspapers -A federal bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday approved Freedom Communication's sale of two Arizona newspapers - the East Valley Tribune in Mesa and the Daily Sun-News in Sun City - to a Boulder-based media company. Date: 2010/03/09
Source: http://www.dailycamera.com/business/ci_14641592?source=rss

Village newspapers fight back in rural New England -The digital revolution has come to every corner of America, devouring newspapers and magazines by the hundred. But out in the rural counties, a rearguard action is currently being fought. Date: 2010/03/08
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8555462.stm

Freedom Newspapers Wins Reorganization Plan Approval (Update1) -March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Freedom Communications Inc., the bankrupt publisher of California’s Orange County Register, won court approval of a reorganization plan after settling disputes with unsecured creditors. Date: 2010/03/09
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601127&sid=axQOXHMOQ0hQ

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-09 00:43 PRESS DIGEST - South Korean newspapers - March 9 -SEOUL, March 9 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of major South Korean newspapers on Tuesday prepared by Reuters in Seoul. Reuters has not checked the stories and does not guarantee their accuracy. Date: 2010/03/09
Source: http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=7782301&subject=companies&action=article

Coach: Players erred taking papers -Texas A&M-Commerce football coach Guy Morriss has apologized for applauding his players for removing campus newspapers from their racks. Date: 2010/03/10
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/SPORTS/usaedition/2010-03-10-cnotes10_ST_U.htm?csp=34

Newspapers merger plan -About 30 jobs may be in danger after a merger in operations between daily newspapers in Bristol and Plymouth. Date: 2010/03/08
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/8556476.stm

Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from election -A new election law issued by Myanmar's ruling military has barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus running in upcoming elections, state-run newspapers said Wednesday. Date: 2010/03/10
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-03-09-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi_N.htm?csp=34

Obituary: Jerry H. Owens / Served as counsel to U.S. newspapers -Jerry Hale Owens, the son of a small-town West Virginia newspaper publisher who grew up to travel the world working on high-stakes newspaper acquisition deals, died Saturday after a long bout with Date: 2010/03/10
Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041480-122.stm?cmpid=newsobits.xml

Google's Chief Economist can't help newspapers... -The FTC is holding hearings into the problems facing the newspaper industry. Google's chief economist was invited to make a presentation... Date: 2010/03/10
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=1239

Google’s Chief Economist: “Newspapers Have Never Made Much Money From News” -Earlier today, Google chief economist Hal Varian gave a presentation to an FTC workshop on the changing economics of the newspaper industry. We all know that newspaper ad revenues have been falling off a cliff for years. Many media companies blame Google and are trying to put the genie back in the bottle with partial metered models for online news. Google is understandably on the defensive ... Date: 2010/03/09
Source: http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/09/google-hal-varian-news-never-made-money/