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Buyouts at the Star and other cuts in printed media world

The Arizona Daily Star lost a handful of newsroom employees Nov. 6 as part of a workforce reduction program in which certain qualifying people were given buyout offers. Among the departures was Ann Brown, who had been the editorial page editor the past four years.

Tucson Citizen subscribers vanish after newspaper folded

When the Tucson Citizen folded in May its subscribers also vanished. According to semiannual circulation data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it’s as if the Citizen never existed when it comes to newspaper subscribers in Tucson.

KRQ back up knocking at the door to being No. 1

Though it was nosed out of the top spot, Clear Channel’s hit music station KRQ 93.7-FM gained even more listeners in the latest quarterly radio ratings from Arbitron Inc.

Cox wins customer honors for ISP and phone services

When it comes to buying technology and gadgets, most of us ask around and then hope we took the right advice. Every year PCMag surveys its readers on various categories. In the category of Internet service provider, Cox come in as the top cable-modem provider, which was voted second only to Verizon’s fiber service, which isn’t available here.

If you’re watching TiVo, TiVo is watching what you do

(Corrected Oct. 9, 2009)

Businesses should at least be prepared for tech incidents

Do you have a plan? Most new businesses do when they are starting out. It keeps the team focused. Established businesses often have an implicit rather than explicit business plan. Plans are important in information technology as well. In fact they are often more important in technology than in a general business. Why? Technology is a volatile animal. Everything about it changes at a furious pace — processors get faster, storage bigger, hardware cheaper, operating systems and applications more complex.