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We reported last week that Cleveland lost the Free Times and LA lost the New Times in an agreement between competitors. Plain Dealer columnist Tom Feran has more on the story: In most places, newspaper wars have become an anachronism. Afternoon dailies and “second papers” folded at an alarming rate …

Ex-Jackson brother-in-law shocked by monkey: Michael Jackson and his family practiced a bizarre ritual in which they sacrificed a live monkey. This is just one of the allegations made by sister LaToya Jackson’s former husband, Jack Gordon, who has penned The Jackson Family: The True Story Of The Most Powerful …

Nicolas Cage auctions collection of 400 rare comic books for more than $1.6 million: The actor’s collection, which included a 1938 comic with the first appearance of Superman, sold at auction Thursday at Dallas Comicon, a collectors’ convention. The man of steel’s debut, Action Comics No. 1, sold to an …

NY mayor Michael Bloomberg, told he couldn’t march with cast members from The Sopranos in the annual NY Columbus Day Parade, is staying home: The mayor even slipped in a little mob-speak about the tempest in a cappuccino cup caused by his invitations to Monday’s event. “I’m sort of walking …

PBS launching children’s literacy campaign: PBS today announced a major partnership with Target Stores to launch an unprecedented public service campaign to promote children’s literacy. In this effort, the PBS KIDS Share a Story initiative, sponsored by Target, will use on-air and online programming, along with the unparalleled resources of …

Of course, he is the president’s son: A United Arab Emirates minister, in a rare criticism of government censorship in the Gulf, called on Saturday for unfettered access to the Internet in the UAE. “The government should not enforce censorship on the individual,” said UAE Information and Culture Minister Sheikh …

Check out the title of this “feature,” which strongly resembles an opinion piece: “Digital duplication dragging Japan’s music industry down” The ease with which music CDs can be saved in digital format and copied has made getting hold of the songs you want to hear much cheaper than a few …

NY Times op/ed on the ramifications of copyright law: Every night before I go to bed I take one of my music CD’s and insert it into my computer. While I sleep my computer translates the music into a compressed digital format onto my computer’s hard drive. Over the course …

GlobeTechnology.com columnist Jack Kapica takes on the record industry with a blowtorch: The following are 10 rules of e-business failure, a list inspired by the recording industry’s imaginative approach: 1. Refuse to change: Computers are just tools, and useful only in making your existing marketing model more efficient. Give word …

Legendary Sugar Hill Recording Studio destroyed by fire: An early morning fire on West Street in Englewood, New Jersey, destroyed the Sugar Hill recording studio, which is believed to be the place that the Sugarhill Gang recorded “Rapper’s Delight” in the late ’70s. The fire began at 2 a.m. ET …