Anti-trust laws be damned? Media barons meet secretly to work toward for-fee news

May 28, 2009 | 12:21 pm

By David Rothman

Did top news executives violate anti-trust laws when they secretly met in Illinois to discuss “Models to Monetize Content”?

You’ll wonder after you read an Atlantic post by Jim Warren, a former Chicago Trib executive.

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Anti-trust laws be damned? Media barons meet secretly to work toward for-fee news

May 28, 2009 | 12:21 pm

By David Rothman

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