News and notes on the PGA Tour's top 20 golfers (USA Today)
Get the latest news and notes on the top 20 golfers on the PGA Tour. These rankings are based 2008-09 PGA Tour results.
Lickliter to be fired? Iowa calls news conference (Sports Illustrated)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa has called a news conference to discuss the future of its men's basketball program.
Iowa calls news conference on basketball (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Iowa has called a news conference to discuss the future of its men's basketball program. Athletic director Gary Barta will be at the news conference Monday afternoon. Spokesman Matt Weitzel says coach Todd Lickliter will not be there. The Hawkeyes, who had just two upperclassmen play significant minutes, finished 10-22 in posting their first 20-loss season.
Survey: Readers don't want to pay for news online (USA Today)
Getting people to pay for news online now would be "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons," a new consumer survey suggests.
Survey: Readers don't want to pay for news online (AP via Yahoo! News)
Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons," a new consumer survey suggests.
Growth in Search Ads Problematic for News Sites (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
Growth in search advertising and a corresponding decline in display advertising is creating a depressing trend for news-based sites, the Project For Excellence In Journalism and the Pew Internet & American Life Project concluded.
Pay For News Online? Pew Report Says Few Favor Idea (NPR)
A new Pew report for the economics and consumer attitudes of online news paints a distressing picture for news organizations wanting to turn a profit with Web content.
Fees for News Sites May Cause Readers to Switch, Survey Shows (Bloomberg)
March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Publishers such as New York Times Co. and MediaNews Group Inc. that plan to charge for access to some content on their Web sites may cause a majority of readers to seek their news elsewhere, according to a survey today.
News sites popular but few will pay: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The good news for traditional US news organizations? Their websites are popular. The bad news? Few news consumers click on ads and hardly any are prepared to pay for news online.
News Corp to net $350-400 million from "Avatar": report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp will earn $350 million to $400 million from James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar," once the movie is released on pay television and DVD, Bloomberg said, citing two people with knowledge of the financial performance.