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Tribune Co. Turmoil Highlights Industry Problems (NPR) - An ongoing fight for control of the Tribune Co. reveals more about the sagging fortunes of the newspaper industry. And in another sign of trouble for newspapers, The Boston Globe will cut its last overseas news bureaus.

GLOBAL MUSIC INDUSTRY IN TROUBLE, LOOKS TO NEW HORIZONS (The Tocqueville Connection) - CANNES, France, Jan 28, 2007 (AFP) - Rampant online music piracy and plummeting CD sales over the past five years have rocked the global music industry to its core.

EPPOSI Calls For Greater Co-operation Between Science, Industry And Regulators (Medical News Today) - The co-chairs for patients, science and industry of the EPPOSI conference held in Dublin, Ireland, on Monday and Tuesday (January 22, 23, 2007) have called for much greater collaboration between patient organisations, science, industry and regulatory bodies in the development of new treatments that represent valuable innovation. [click link for full article]

Passage of storm-water program gets stormy reaction from construction industry (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - Representatives from the construction industry were disappointed by the quick unanimous adoption of a new storm-water permit by board of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, at its Wednesday meeting.

Pharma Industry Lags On Research Efficiencies (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - A December report by the Government Accountability Office shows that the biopharma industry's return on investment in research and development is bad and getting worse.

CBM industry says water rules too strict (Billings Gazette) - GILLETTE - Hundreds of workers risk losing their jobs if Wyoming enacts stricter regulations for water discharged by coal-bed methane wells, industry officials say. The state's Environmental Quality Council is considering new rules for barium, sulfate ...

CBM industry says water rules too strict (Billings Gazette) - GILLETTE - Hundreds of workers risk losing their jobs if Wyoming enacts stricter regulations for water discharged by coal-bed methane wells, industry officials say.

State to invest 600m in fishing industry (RTÉ News) - The Government has approved the biggest State investment ever to be made in the fishing industry. A €600m plan will be formally announced by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern tomorrow.

Has the Music Industry Warmed to Fee-Based Downloads? (E-Commerce Times) - Remember the "global music license"? The fee that would free us to copy digital music with few restraints? It's baaaack. A year ago, the music industry was in near hysteria over the French government's proposal to impose a global license fee that would stand in for royalty payments on the purchases of digital music over the Internet. This year, the record labels are no longer apoplectic about the ...

Media industry job cut increase 88 percent in 2006 (WPRI 12 Providence) - NEW YORK The media industry saw job cuts soar 88 percent last year -- the largest amount since the dot-com bust in 2001.