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Oct 22
2009

Cablevision’s Newsday Goes Behind the Firewall

Cablevision has made good on its threat to put the online version of Newsday behind a firewall, accessible only by print subscribers or online only users willing to pay $5 per week. Classifieds will remain free. Newsday, purchased last May from Tribune Corp. for $650 million, is the nation’s 19th largest newspaper with a daily …continue reading »

Categories: Misc, Newspapers, Sales Channels, TV/Radio

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Feb 27
2009

Cablevision Still Bullish on Newsday Synergies, Despite Huge Write-Offs

Cablevision bet big on synergy (and ignored the CW about the newspaper industry) when it bought Newsday from Tribune Co. last summer for $650 million. Today, less than eight months later, it concedes that it has written off $402 million of that investment (a significantly worse investment than Stephen Marbury of Cablevision’s Knicks). Whether the …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, HyperLocal, Local Search, Misc, Newspapers, Technology, TV/Radio, Verticals, Video, Yellow Pages

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