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NEWSPAPER SHAKEUPS (4#) -

# About the decline of the
newspaper family dynasty. Good article.

# Alexander Cockburn's reaction to
Rupert Murdoch's takeover of the WSJ:

"Call it his revenge for the story
the Journal ran about Murdoch's Chinese
wife Wendi Deng in November 2000."

# Jack Shafer's reaction to
the Murdoch takeover of the WSJ:

"Having bagged his trophy, how
long will it take Rupert to bugger it?"

# Manhattan Media has purchased the New York Press, the alt-weekly that once challenged their rival Village Voice, but has since declined.

"We expect to give The Voice a run for its money."

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