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Media Bigs on How to Succeed in '07 (Business 2.0 via CNN/Money)
Rachael Ray, Chad Hurley, Craig Newmark and Malcolm Gladwell are among the thought leaders that were asked about what will be important for success in the coming year. Says Ray: "You have to be open-minded when those early opportunities present themselves. Take advantage of them, whether they're going to make you a lot of money or not."

What Would Techies Do With a Newspaper? (USAT)
Kevin Maney: Over the past month, I've asked a number of Internet entrepreneurs and thinkers a pretty simple question: If you owned a newspaper, what would you do with it? Newspapers desperately need some out-of-the-box reinventing, but I found out that tech folks don't really have any radical, interesting ideas for newspapers.

Judge Impedes Hearst-MediaNews Collaboration (SF Chron)
A federal judge yesterday temporarily barred Hearst from collaborating with MediaNews, the owner of the San Jose Mercury News and other Bay Area newspapers on local distribution and national advertising sales, saying the proposed agreement might be monopolistic.

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