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NYT goes free as in beer

Posted by admin | News | Posted on September 18th, 2007

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- NYT goes free as in beer
- Carlsberg in jv with Hanoi Beer & Beverage to build brewery in…
- Beer sponsor taps Kahne to replace Dale Jr.

NYT goes free as in beer
Inquirer – Sep 18, 2007
Well that’s free as in beer not free as in peoples. The online portal of thepaper is going to stop charging a premium subscription fee to access its content online instead allowing users to surfaround with wild abandon free from the constraints of walls. f course everything that’s free has a price – and this one is advertising. TimesSelect which provided access to a back catalogue of opinion writing and archives used to cost $49.

Carlsberg in jv with Hanoi Beer & Beverage to build brewery in…
Forbes – Sep 18, 2007
Carlsberg and Habeco will each have 29 pct ownership of the joint venture Hanoi Vung Tao joint stock company but no financial details were released. The brewery will have an initial capacity of 500000 hectolitres. Earlier this year the Vietnam Ministry of Industry approved Habeco’s choice of Carlsberg as strategic foreign investor in connection with the planned privatisation of Habeco. The new co-operation in southern Vietnam strengthens this situation Carlsberg said.

Beer sponsor taps Kahne to replace Dale Jr.
Free with registration – Charlotte bserver – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 18, 2007
_ Kasey Kahne got a lot more than just a new sponsor on Wednesday. He also got the beginnings of an image makeover. As expected Budweiser _ complete with a thun.