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Feb 13 2009 6:42pm EDT

Late Breaks: Newspapers, Porn and Sandwiches

-The "How on earth are we ever going to get people to pay for news?" debate rages on. Jeff Segal of Breakingviews envisions a scenario where top news organizations band together to charge for their content, a la cable TV. [Breakingviews]

-You can look at kiddie porn, or you can work at Fox News, but you can't look at kiddie porn and work at Fox News. That clear? [TVNewser]

-Speaking of porn, X-rated versions of YouTube are putting the hurt on the adult-entertainment industry by making everything free. Hey, porn guys, if you figure out how to solve your problem, will you let the newspaper publishers know? [The Wrap]

-Great moments in trend journalism: French people have discovered the sandwich. [Economist]. □

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