Mediagazer: Venezuela's Press Crackdown Stokes Growth of Online Media (Ezequiel Minaya/Wall Street Journal)

4:30 AM ET, September 12, 2014

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Reuters:

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Ezequiel Minaya / Wall Street Journal:

Venezuela's Press Crackdown Stokes Growth of Online Media — Digital Alternatives Expand as Newspapers and Broadcasters Struggle — CARACAS, Venezuela—Angel Alayon's Prodavinci.com blog, with its serious political analysis, drew a few dozen readers when he started five years ago.

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