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If a metro area with 2.7 million people can’t sustain two newspapers – especially with an aging population with the time and inclination to read a printed paper – can anywhere? Some say maybe not. The purchase of the 123-year-old Tampa Tribune in Florida this week by the paper’s rival, The Tampa Bay Times, stunned employees and area residents. But media watchers largely shrugged, calling it the latest in a long slide of obsolescence for America’s print media. “Well within…

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A Florida jury awarded a total of $25 million in punitive damages Monday in the Hulk Hogan sex tape trial, hitting Gawker Media with a $15 million judgment and its owner, Nick Denton, with $10 million. It also assessed $100,000 against A.J. Daulerio, the Gawker editor who decided to post the edited sex video and wrote the post that accompanied it. The punitive damages come on top of a $115 million the jury imposed Friday after two weeks of trial.…

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The eye-popping $115 million award for former pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan isn’t the final round in his sex tape lawsuit against Gawker Media. Next up, the jury will return to court Monday to award punitive damages in the case that’s been closely watched by First Amendment experts, media lawyers and privacy advocates. And even when the jury’s done, there will be appeals. “Given the key evidence and the most important witness in this case were withheld from the jury, we all…

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Jurors began deliberating Friday afternoon in the trial of pro wrestler Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker media over a sex video. In spirited closing arguments, lawyers for Hogan and Gawker discussed themes of personal life versus celebrity, and freedom of speech versus the right to privacy. Hogan, whose given name is Terry Bollea, is suing Gawker for $100 million for posting a video of him having sex with his former best friend’s wife. Hogan contends the 2012 post violated his…

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