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Book prizes for sale
"If you've just self-published a book on parrot keeping or your theories on how the world could be better run (a favorite topic of retired gentlemen), what can you do? . . . There's an app for that." salon.com -
Gay newspapers close around the country
Window Media, owner of the Washington [D.C.] Blade and publications in Atlanta and Houston, abruptly goes out of business. mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com -
Detroit Daily Press retail sales start Nov. 23, home delivery on Nov. 30 - Detroit News and Information - Crain's Detroit Business
"Older people want their newspaper and they want it back." crainsdetroit.com
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WBEZ Staffers Want to Talk Turkey
And they think their boss, Torey Malatia, is focusing on the trimmings.
Media / News Bites Still More on the Mezuzah
Posted by Michael Miner on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Only hard-core courts buffs are sticking with me on this, my third post on the subject of the Seventh Circuit's en banc mezuzah ruling. But if you're hanging in, I recommend the oral arguments.
Chicagoland / Media / Politics Sunrise 6:47 AM
Posted by Whet Moser on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Food Chain / Food & Drink / News Ground Zero for the Pumpkin Shortage
Posted by Mike Sula on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:51 AM
For some people, the news from Morton, Illinois, that heavy rains may force a shortage of canned Libby's pie filling is a little more dire than the threat of going pumpkin pieless for the holidays:
"But just a week in Morton can bring in more money than a year of farming. In bad years, farmers in La Soledad lose money. There are no farm subsidies, and there are few other jobs."
What? You didn't know Morton was the pumpkin capital of the world?
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