Tuesday, March 17, 2009
News Morning Newsdome: Newspaper deathwatch ticks on
Posted by Alejandro A. Leal on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 2:10 PM
- The Seattle Post Intelligencer goes web-only, cutting its staff to about 20 employees, printing its last hard copy today.
- Symbolic? Obama Administration tries to block AIG bonuses... but maybe they shouldn't kill themselves just yet.
- More economic indicators: producer prices rise 0.1 percent... and new-home construction rises.
- World Baseball Classic update: Venezuela beats Puerto Rico; team USA will face P.R. in an elimination game today.
- Hello Wikileaks? Barclays bank gags the Guardian newspaper in the UK over leaked documents that show how the financial institution avoided hundreds of millions of pounds sterling (yes that's £) in taxes.
- Game publishers tell Sony it's time for a PS3 price mark down... pff... good luck with that.
- And this is just wrong: South Park wasn't joking/wrong about the Jonas Brothers spraying white foam on their mostly female, mostly teenage audience.
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