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NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY: Growth markets give papers golden status (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) - The McClatchy Co.'s strategy of cherry-picking newspapers in rapidly growing cities was long seen as a good idea for the mid-sized publisher, but not necessarily a model for the rest of the industry.

Activists fight growing porn industry (Florida Today) - Anti-porn activists target industry that's becoming more mainstreat.

Energy Department: Ethanol industry can't provide enough fuel this summer (Kingsport Times-News) - WASHINGTON - After a spurt of good fortune, the fledgling U.S. ethanol industry is anticipating some growing pains that could bring it unwanted attention this summer.

Mayday! for the aviation industry (The Star Online) - MANILA: The local aviation industry could crash if the exodus of aviation experts does not slow down. The industry is composed of two sectors: the airlines and the service providers.

Hospitality industry opposes 'hamburger tax' (Benton Courier) - Phillip Brown, the spokesman for members of Benton's hospitality industry, said his group intends to again oppose the city's efforts to enact a so-called "hamburger tax" by campaigning to have the issue placed on the ballot.

PRESSTIME MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES BEST PRACTICES AWARDS FOR SUPERIOR NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS (NAA Presstime) - Vienna, Va. - PRESSTIME magazine, the flagship publication of the Newspaper Association of America, has honored four newspaper companies with its annual Best Practices Awards, recognizing creative solutions to newspaper industry issues. This is the 10th year for the awards.

Britain wooing Indian film industry (New Kerala) - By Prasun Sonwalkar, London: Britain is wooing India's film industry in a big way. Besides offering tax concessions, its regions are bidding to invite producers from Mumbai and to host an annual Bollywood show organised outside India.

President asks sugar industry to desist from profiteering (Business Recorder) - ISLAMABAD (April 02 2006): President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday asked the sugar industry to desist from profiteering by selling the commodity at irrationally higher prices and work closely with the government to dispel the impression of a crisis-like situation.

KMU slaps call center industry as “hub for exploitation” (INQ7.net) - Even as the contact center industry continues to provide jobs to Filipinos, civil rights group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) is accusing the contact center industry of being a “hub for exploitation” and even went blamed the industry for stunting the country’s economic growth.

AUTO INDUSTRY OVERHAUL: Changes await vendors (Detroit Free Press) - With more than 40 North American facilities that build and design parts for cars and trucks up for sale or preparing to close -- including at least 13 in Michigan -- it's clear that changes are coming to the auto supplier industry and the tens of thousands of workers in it.