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Mar 20 2009 6:14pm EDT

Late Breaks: Barack Obama, Suze Orman, more

-Hearst could have sold the Seattle Post-Intelligencer rather than shut it down and relaunch it as a small web-only operation, but the potential buyers weren't prepared to pay much for it. [TBI]

-Barack "My administration's going to be really, really transparent" Obama barred the press from attending a ceremony where he received an award from -- wait for it -- a press association. Yup. [LAT]

-TheStreet.com laid off 18 staffers and is aiming to reduce its costs by $2.4 million. [PaidContent on WaPo]

-Suze Orman knows she's a bad writer but still wants you to buy her books. [WWD]. □


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