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Mar 10 2009 4:13pm EDT

Late Breaks: 'Daily News' Vows to Live On, more

-Mort Zuckerman begs to differ with the writer who tagged the New York Daily News as one of "The ten major newspapers that will fold or go digital next." Zuckerman, you'll recall, is convinced that new color presses are going to revive the News's bottom line, while analysts disagree. [Crain's]

-Former Money managing editor Eric Schurenberg is the new editor in chief of BNET.com. We broke the news that Time Inc. had laid him off back in August. [Release]

-Rupert Murdoch bought another newspaper. Wall Street is gonna freak! Of course, this one is just The Brooklyn Paper, so it probably won't show up in News Corp.'s share price. [NYO]

-Allbritton Communications, which owns Politico, is in danger of defaulting on its debt. [Atlantic]

-Travel & Leisure Golf is no more. [WWD]. □

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