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Aug 07 2008 5:46pm EDT

Late Breaks: Day-Old 'Journal,' PETA vs. People

-Should Time Warner keep its dial-up business and sell everything else? Counter-intuitive! [BW]

-If you live in rural Wyoming, 50 miles from the nearest post office, your Wall Street Journal may come a day late from now on. Deal. [BW]

-Viacom is launching a new tabloid-news blog, Scandalist, to compete with Time Warner's TMZ. [MCN]

-A freelance photographer for Bloomberg News heckled Barack Obama during an appearance at a college. [Chronicle of Higher Ed]

-PETA continues its ongoing effort to eradicate all sympathy for animal rights. [PETA]

-The Los Angeles Times achieved its best web traffic ever in July -- but it still didn't come close to Gawker Media. [SAI]. □


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