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November 22, 2006

Yahoo, newspapers join in ad venture

Washington Post: Newspaper Firms Join With Yahoo in Advertising Partnership -- Years of rivalry between newspapers and the Internet portals that are siphoning their local advertising dollars gave way to a new partnership yesterday, as seven newspaper companies announced a wide-ranging deal with Yahoo. Also NY Times: 176 Newspapers to Form a Partnership with Yahoo and NY Times: Advertising: Google Mapping an Offline Course -- Major Internet sites are showing a growing interest in the advertising business, and traditional ad firms are starting to worry.

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When being very rich isn't enough

NY Times: In Web World, Rich Now Envy the Superrich -- Envy may be a sin in some books, but it is a powerful driving force in Silicon Valley, especially with talk of a second dot-com boom.

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