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Sweet Charity

January 8, 2009

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Seeing as how the government’s in the bailout business these days, there’s been talk–both serious and facetious–of the media industry’s entitlement to a piece of Uncle Sam’s pie. Well, a note to publishers and broadcast execs: If you’re hoping for some government bailout bucks to save your troubled outlets, better act fast. The handout line, as of yesterday, just got longer.

[h/t Andrew Sullivan]

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Megan Garber is an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. She was formerly a CJR staff writer.