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Robert B. Cohen Dies at 85; Founded the Hudson News Chain
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:10am EST by By DENNIS HEVESI
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Mr. Cohen was president of the Hudson County News Company, a newspaper distributorship, when it went into the retail field in the mid-1970s by taking over a newsstand at the Newark airport.
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Advertising: Super Bowl Commercials, From Charming to Smarmy
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:10am EST by By STUART ELLIOTT
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A that brought back its chimps dressed as humans.Risk-taking, rule-breaking ideas were as hard to find among the more than 50 Super Bowl commercials as good taste in a GoDaddy ad.
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NBC Spends Millions on the Buildup to ‘Smash’
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:07am EST by By BILL CARTER
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Estimates are that NBC has spent as much as $25 million promoting “Smash,” a new series that the network hopes will be the hit it desperately needs.
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Cancer Center, in Suit, Claims Ex-Official Took Research
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:03am EST by By ANDREW POLLACK
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The president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Craig B. Thompson, is in a billion-dollar dispute with his former workplace over accusations that he walked away with research.
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Daily Stock Market Activity
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:03am EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Declines in early trading on Monday followed big gains on Friday on the heels of good employment figures in the United States.
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Economix Blog: Marriage Is for Rich People
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:00am EST by By CATHERINE RAMPELL
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Dwindling marriage rates are concentrated among the poor -- the very people whose living standards would be most improved by having a second household income.
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After a Year, The Daily Tablet Paper Struggles
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:58am EST by By AMY CHOZICK
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The Daily has struggled to break into the national conversation or to drive news and build on its brand the way traditional outlets do.
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$800 Million Chinese Fund to Back Film Projects
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:50am EST by By MICHAEL CIEPLY
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Sun Media Group is joining Harvest Fund Management to create Harvest Seven Stars Media Private Equity, which will back entertainment ventures in China and abroad.
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Facebook’s Mobility Challenge
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:47am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Although more than half of its 845 million members log into Facebook on a mobile device, the company has not yet found a way to make real money from that use.
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Print News Organizations Plunge Into Live Video
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:42am EST by By BRIAN STELTER
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Web sites, newspapers and other news organizations are gearing up to produce hours of video programming, in part to pursue the higher revenues available from video ads.