Mediagazer: Buffett's Newspapers Lose Readers as Bet on Local Awaits Payoff (Edmund Lee/Bloomberg)

10:45 AM ET, March 4, 2014

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Jeremy Hodges / Bloomberg:

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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

Buffett's Newspapers Lose Readers as Bet on Local Awaits Payoff — Even Warren Buffett can't escape the sting of the declining newspaper business. — The billionaire's papers saw a collective 5.6 percent drop in daily readers, according to the latest annual report of his investment firm …

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
No mention of newspaper business in Warren Buffett's latest shareholder letter

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Epix to Launch on Time Warner Cable on March 18 — Pay-TV service Epix expects to launch on Time Warner Cable on March 18, the company announced Tuesday. — As part of the pact, Time Warner Cable customers will have access to four new channels: Epix, Epix 2, Epix 3 and Epix Drive-In.

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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

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Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept:

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Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:

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Independent media, journalists obstructed in Crimea — Authorities in the autonomous republic of Crimea in southern Ukraine should ensure that media outlets and independent journalists are allowed to report on the political crisis in the region without being censored or harassed, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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