Mediagazer: MSNBC Could Keep David Shuster Off the Air Indefinately (Gail Shister/TVNewser)

10:45 AM ET, April 5, 2010

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Gail Shister / TVNewser:

MSNBC Could Keep David Shuster Off the Air Indefinately — MSNBC bad boy David Shuster may be on his third strike. — Shuster won't be on the air today for his 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. shows, according to MSNBC insiders. Whether he returns before his contract expires in December is up for debate.

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In Britain, a Laboratory for Newsprint's Future — PARIS — Only days after News Corp. announced plans to start charging online readers of The Times of London and its Sunday sibling, a so-called pay wall came down last week at The Southern Reporter in Selkirk, Scotland.