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Talking Biz News Today — March 6, 2014

March 6, 2014

Posted by Meredith Hamrick

Some of Thursday’s top stories:

The Wall Street Journal

Staples plans to close 225 stores, by Drew Fitzgerald

New York Times

Former top leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf are indicted, by Matthew Goldstein
Disney’s game and internet division cuts one-quarter of its work force, by Brooks Barnes

Fortune

The real reason behind the SAT revamp, by Claire Zillman

Newsweek

The face behind Bitcoin,by Leah McGrath Goodman

Wired

Facebook drones to battle Google balloons in the war of airborne internet, by Marcus Wohlsen

And in local news:

Triangle Business Journal

Old Chicago Pizza to introduce new prototype in Chapel Hill, by Amanda Jones Hoyle

Today in business journalism

WSJ names advertising editor, hires reporter
BuzzFeed hires WSJ data reporter Singer-Vine
Why Business Insider is expanding to England
Re/code hires Chmielewski from LA Times
How a biz journalist built a “content” business 

This date in business journalism history

2009: Footnoted.org considers pay wall
2013: Anti-CNBC ad runs on CNBC

Business journalism birthdays

March 6: Laura Oleniacz of the Durham Herald-Sun

March 6: John Stossel of Fox Business Network

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