The Koch brothers are dropping their pursuit of newspapers owned by the Tribune Co. of Chicago. Koch Industries, run by the billionaire brothers Charles and David, said Friday that it is still interested in the media and is exploring a ...

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LOS ANGELES — Jeff Bezos turned selling books online into a multibillion-dollar business that has changed retailing forever. Many are now anxious to see if Bezos can do the same for the media industry, after the Amazon.com founder announced he ...

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WASHINGTON — Baltimore pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson is becoming a columnist for The Washington Times, with his first of what will be a weekly column published Wednesday. The paper made the announcement Tuesday. Carson made headlines with his speech earlier ...

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CHICAGO — Tribune Co. said Wednesday that it wants to split its broadcasting and publishing businesses into two companies. Tribune said the move will let one company take advantage of growth in broadcasting and allow the other to focus on ...

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LOS ANGELES — News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile ...

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ARLINGTON, Va. — The newspaper industry’s revenue declined at its slowest pace in six years, as publishers turned to new businesses and raised more money from online subscriptions. The industry’s total revenue in 2012 fell 2 percent to $38.6 billion ...

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Warren Buffett has been buying newspapers recently but says he’s not interested in the big papers owned by Tribune Co. Buffett spoke about his recent interest in the newspaper business on CNBC Monday. His Berkshire Hathaway will own 28 daily ...

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A few government and politics headlines for Monday.

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SALISBURY — This year, legal ads could be pulled from newspapers and placed on municipal government websites. After polling the 157 local governments, the Maryland Municipal League received one suggestion to move legal advertising from newspapers to online, which led ...

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Welcome to a Monday on which we continue to give thanks to those who fought to protect the freedom we hold so dear.

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