Mediagazer: Newhouses say they aren't ‘sneaking up’ on New Jersey (Joe Pompeo/Capital New York)

1:45 PM ET, July 3, 2012

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Newhouses say they aren't ‘sneaking up’ on New Jersey — Speculation about Advance Publications' intentions for its New Jersey papers has been swirling for the past week. The arrival of two new executives at the offices of NJ.com, the web portal for about a dozen New Jersey titles including …

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Steve Myers / Poynter:

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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:

Herman Cain launching his own Web channel — Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is launching his own Web channel, called CainTV. “They think we are stupid,” Cain declares in a trailer for the channel posted online Monday. “We are not stupid.”

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