MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007
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Sasha Abramsky attacks Tribune Co., then says what we all know: Online businesses like Yahoo rely on news bureaus run by newspapers and other traditional news organizations, and distribute their information free of charge. Newspaper subscriptions are canceled and the possibility grows of a news-gathering infrastructure breakdown. "If the LA Times doesn't generate news from places like Iraq, how will Yahoo, which doesn't operate its own bureaus, maintain a reliable stream of professional quality reporting? In a very real way, the internet risks killing off the goose that keeps laying its golden eggs."
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