» Brian Tierney, owner of the debt-laden Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, is offering creditors a $90 million cash-and-real-estate deal to clear the $300 million he owes them. [WSJ]
» The owners of URL shortening service tr.im say they will now transfer tr.im to the public domain. This comes after they shut tr.im down — and then put it back up online — over the span of three days last week. [Tr.im]
» Gmail recently passed AOL (NYSE: TWX) to become the third-biggest email service. [TechCrunch]
» What we can learn from sites like Gawker, magazines like Family Circle, and other media properties like HBO, Clear Channel (NYSE: CCMO) and MSLO — all of which are doing OK in the recession. [AdAge]
» The Financial Times is reveling in its success charging customers for content when others said (and still say) it can’t be done. [NY Times]
» Ad pages have dropped dramatically for the typically heavy September issues of fashion magazines. One reason could be fashion houses’ use of digital marketing. [WSJ]
» Boxee investors Bijan Sabet and Neil Sequeira on why the networks (and Hulu) should view the startup as a friend. [VideoNuze]
» The Fox Business Channel is reportedly in negotiations to syndicate Don Imus

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