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Gannett Buying Belo in $2.2 Billion Deal

Gannett, best known as the newspaper publisher behind USA Today, is making a big bet on TV: It is paying $1.5 billion, and taking on $715 million in debt, to acquire local station owner Belo Corp. If the deal gets regulatory approval, Gannett will nearly double its portfolio of TV stations from 23 to 43.

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Smile: People Like Your Picture More Than Your Words

Corporate storytellers need to master a new narrative technique.
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Day Two at D: Dive Into Media 2013, in Pictures and Tweets

Storified: The best tweets and pictures from the second day of D: Dive Into Media.
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Old Media Is the New Hotness for Chris Hughes and Larry Kramer

The business of news is a hard one, but at least two people running publishing institutions say they’re optimistic.
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Timehop Hooks Up With USA Today to Deliver Stories From the Past

A charming smartphone app takes users on a trip down memory lane — now in headlines.
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Listen Up! Beats Boss Jimmy Iovine Comes to Dive Into Media.

Next month’s lineup is groaning with heavy hitters, but there’s always room to add a music icon to the list.
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Game On! Xbox Bosses Mehdi, Tellem Come to Dive Into Media.

The Xbox is a Web TV player that also happens to work for games. Meet the people in charge of making it an even bigger deal in the media world.
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Meet the Man Who Wants to Blow Up the TV Business: Dish Network’s Charlie Ergen Comes to Dive Into Media

A rare appearance from a maverick billionaire with big plans.
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Old Media, New Tricks: The New Republic’s Chris Hughes and USA Today’s Larry Kramer Join Dive Into Media

Two very smart guys with very different backgrounds and a similar problem: How do you transform iconic print publications for the digital era?
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How to Get Your Start-Up Acquired in Six Months or Less

These are some of the key reasons that Zite was able to move from launch to acquisition so quickly.

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