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An interesting web site here:

http://long-lines.net/

All kinds of history of how complicated electronic networks once were. When they had this monopoly, they could (and did) charge lots of money for advertising.

All gone now. The web has destroyed the entire model.

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http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/mixed-media/2009/03/19/building-an-online-news-empire-one-city-at-a-time
Building an Online News Empire, One City at a Time

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/no_20090319_3231.php
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