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The music industry has been around for as long as anyone cares to remember, and not for a lack of trying. Industry killer after industry killer has taken a shot at bringing down this mighty foe, but it still continues to limp along, bitterly writing most of the internet community out of its will. With this two-part post, separated between the Analog Era (or "Golden Age") and the digital era (or "the Apocalypse"), we take a closer look at this rogue's gallery of stone cold killers, each one less successful than the last.

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James O’Shea, the former editor in chief of The Los Angeles Times, found a classic of the genre in the course of reporting out “The Deal From Hell: How Moguls and Wall Street Plundered Great American Newspapers,” his deep dive into the two deals that tipped over the companies that owned, among many other newspapers, The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune.

Here’s the capsule version: in 2000, The Tribune Company, owner of the Tribune and many other papers, bought the Times-Mirror Company, owner of The Los Angeles Times, for a then-record $8.3 billion. The merger never yielded much in the way of synergy, and the combined company put itself in play in 2007, when there were few buyers left.

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A list of things new media execs are demanding of aspiring digital journalists. Are you training for these attributes?

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A must-read for understanding the people who will be reading the media in the next century.

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The giant information archivist announces plans to provide a compendium of weblog content to subscribers. And they are talking about paying bloggers.

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Joint endeavor to keep people in the newspaper mix.

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A convenient (and probably out-of-date by the time you read this) list of all the "web 2.0" stuff that's out there - from MySpace to Backpackit to Skype. Hundreds to suft through.

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Dave Johnson breaks down copyright law for the uninitiated. via <a href="http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/">Dennis Dunleavy</a>

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Corante Future Tense blogger provides a list of readings for the future. Not all media related, but definitely worth a look from the sense of where things are going and how to adapt.

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I find "design" ideas work well in a variety of environments. Hopefully you can transfer some of these.

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Good graphic of the vicious cycle that keeps us all from cutting edge developments.

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Cheesy production values don't hide the value of this 24-minute "documentary" interview with some tech CEOs.

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A veteran of online news makes a plea for a common platform among news industry companies if newspapers are to survive.

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Seth Godin spells out actual quotes used to impede innovation. Use at your own risk.

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A single page with most "web 2.0" companies. Mouse over each one to see the details. via <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/15/every-web-20-company-on-one-page/">TechCrunch</a>

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Vin Crosbie looks through the glass darkly at the state of the news industry.

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Think about your news site design.

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Michael Kinsley joins the handwringing chorus.

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Interesting five-question quiz with a discussion that follows. A real online news IQ quiz? not really. But the discussion is worthwhile.

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Drive traffic.

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