Japan: newspapers join forces online

Posted by John Burke on September 8, 2006 at 4:58 PM

51 Japanese newspaper publishers are coming together to form a company based around a news and general regional information website. Head of the group and President of Nishinippon Newspaper Co., President Akishige Tada, said, "We will try to make this project a success and present a new business model for the newspaper industry."

Update here. 

Source: Japan Times (through Ifra Executive News Service) 

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joe velachi said:

It's also interesting to note that the Pulitzer winning investigative story by Nigel Jaquiss in the Willamette Week first appeared online so that it wouldn't get scooped by larger metro, the Oregonian. See Arik Hesseldahl's Forbes.com column about it;

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/04/08/cx_ah_0408tentech.html

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