http://www.newmediabytes.com/2009/09/21/no-newspaper-bailout-bailout-news-instead/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:09:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.newmediabytes.com/2009/09/21/no-newspaper-bailout-bailout-news-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-2417 Newspapers Do Not Need a Tax Bailout | CloudAve Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:20:53 +0000 http://www.newmediabytes.com/?p=410#comment-2417 [...] of the Press? Obama: We Need To Bail Out Newspapers Or Blogs Will Run The WorldThe Newspaper BailoutNo Newspaper Bailout! Bailout News Instead(Cross-posted @ TechWag) Posted Under : General Tags news Politics Journalism Media bailout [...] [...] of the Press? Obama: We Need To Bail Out Newspapers Or Blogs Will Run The WorldThe Newspaper BailoutNo Newspaper Bailout! Bailout News Instead(Cross-posted @ TechWag) Posted Under : General Tags news Politics Journalism Media bailout [...]

]]> http://www.newmediabytes.com/2009/09/21/no-newspaper-bailout-bailout-news-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-2415 William M. Hartnett Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:12:35 +0000 http://www.newmediabytes.com/?p=410#comment-2415 I wouldn't get too worked up about the president saying he's "happy to look" at a proposal to provide tax breaks for newspapers that want to become non-profits. The idea hardly qualifies as a bailout in a world in which the government owns 60 percent of General Motors and backs it and other companies with tens of billions of dollars in direct federal loans. I wouldn’t get too worked up about the president saying he’s “happy to look” at a proposal to provide tax breaks for newspapers that want to become non-profits. The idea hardly qualifies as a bailout in a world in which the government owns 60 percent of General Motors and backs it and other companies with tens of billions of dollars in direct federal loans.

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