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NY Observer: Longtime editor Peter Kaplan is leaving the New York Observer to “get on the frontlines to figure how to save journalism.

Guardian: John Kerry is holding Senate hearings on the future of the newspaper industry

Chicago Tribune: The Chicago Tribune lays off 53 staffers

LA Times: Rachel Maddow’s ratings have been down since Pres. Obama took office

HuffPo: Her company may be in crisis, but NYTCO CEO Janet Robinson got a hefty pay raise last year

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