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Late Breaks Bear Market For Media

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by Jeff Bercovici
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Jul 01 2008 12:00am EDT

Late Breaks: Bear Market for Media

-This year has been a brutal one for newspaper stocks. [Reflections of a Newsosaur]

-Actually, make that media stocks in general. [THR]

-The American Family Association doesn't realize that the words "gay" and "homosexual" aren't interchangeable -- at least not when "Gay" is someone's name. [Sleuth]

-The tabloids can't agree on the sexes of Angelina Jolie's twins. [Cover Awards]

-Forget about that threatened strike at the Village Voice. They reached a compromise. Screen actors, take note. [NY Press]

-Shameless plug: Read my article in the new issue of Radar on Juicy Campus, the no-holds-barred college gossip site that just might force a change to the legal status of free speech on the internet. [Radar]. □

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