Mediagazer: Abrams Media dips in and out of the red as new sites launch (Joe Pompeo/Yahoo! News)

11:00 AM ET, April 25, 2011

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Julie Bosman / New York Times:

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Wall Street Journal:

Demand Builds for TV Ad Time — Forecasters See Solid ‘Upfront’ Market for Commercial Sales, Although NFL Dispute Hangs Over Talks — As rising gasoline prices and stubbornly high unemployment hold back the U.S. economy, one marketplace still appears to be as hot as ever: TV advertising.

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Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:

Abrams Media dips in and out of the red as new sites launch — During a New York Advertising Week panel last September, Dan Abrams, the ABC News legal analyst and online publishing impresario, proclaimed that his growing stable of websites was on the verge of making money.

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Max Read / Gawker:

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Zeke Turner / WWD Media Headlines:

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

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The Atlantic Wire:

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Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

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