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By Kenneth Li and Michele Gershberg
NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The chief executive of
About.com, an online division of The New York Times Co (NYT.N: Quote, Profile, Research),
will leave the company next week amid a campaign by activist
shareholders to accelerate the publisher’s digital [...]

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - BesTV, China’s largest provider of Internet Protocol TV, is selling a 40 percent stake to Tsinghua Tongfang Co Ltd (600100.SS: Quote, Profile, Research) for 150 million yuan ($21 million), a source familiar with situation said on Thursday.
A BesTV spokesman confirmed that a strategic partnership would be announced later [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are turning to the Internet to get their news, according to a new survey.
While most people think journalism is important to the quality of life, 64 percent are dissatisfied with the quality [...]

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NEW YORK, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Akamai Technologies Inc
(AKAM.O: Quote, Profile, Research), a Web content delivery company, said on Friday a jury
had awarded it $45.5 million after ruling for it in a patent
infringement case against rival Limelight Networks Inc
(LLNW.O: Quote, Profile, Research).
Limelight shares [...]

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By Paul Thomasch
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Cablevision System Corp
(CVC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) posted a quarterly profit on Thursday, rebounding from
a year-ago loss, as it pulled in more subscribers for online
and voice services.
Shares in the New York-based cable television operator rose
4 [...]

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Feb 28 (Reuters) - Shares of R.H. Donnelley Corp (RHD.N: Quote, Profile, Research)
lost as much as 40 percent of their value after the yellow
pages publisher lowered its 2008 outlook, citing a difficult
selling environment, and said it will not initiate [...]

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BRUSSELS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Belgian wireless data card
maker Option (OPIN.BR: Quote, Profile, Research)(OPNVY.PK: Quote, Profile, Research)missed market expectations on
Thursday with a fourth-quarter operating loss and failed to give
guidance about the year ahead.
Option, whose cards allow laptop users to surf the Internet
at high speeds, said in [...]

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BRUSSELS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Belgian wireless data card
maker Option (OPIN.BR: Quote, Profile, Research)(OPNVY.PK: Quote, Profile, Research)missed market expectations on
Thursday with a fourth-quarter operating loss rather than the
market expectation of a profit.
Option, whose cards allow laptop users to surf the Internet
at high speeds, [...]

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By Ritsuko Ando
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Top U.S. satellite television
provider DirecTV Group Inc (DTV.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday subscriber
growth this year was [...]

UNITED NATIONS — Hans Janitschek, an Austrian journalist who spent years as a U.N. consultant and also served as secretary general of the Socialist International organization, died suddenly at U.N. headquarters. He was 73.His wife, Friedl, said Friday that Janitschek died last week and the cause [...]