But the people who seem perplexed by the thing, or aggrieved, or even cheated somehow, are sadly typical of a widespread attitude among news consumers: News is free.

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Reports said people were trapped in homes and businesses and aerial news footage showed widespread damage at a factory.

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Whether you are sharing news of a natural disaster, a corporate takeover, or widespread layoffs, you need to share the immediate past, the present, and the future, all covered clearly and concisely.

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There is likely to be widespread anger within BBC News at what will be seen as a pre-empting of the results of Nick Pollard's investigation into why Newsnight abandoned an investigation into Jimmy Savile's paedophile activities last December.

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On his Facebook page, he took on the National Rifle Association -- the central pro-gun rights lobby -- after a news conference by a top NRA official about the Newtown tragedy triggered widespread anger.

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The men have contradicted Mr. Murdoch by saying they told him of a key document in the Taylor lawsuit a transcript of hacked voice-mail messages that suggested phone hacking was more widespread at the News of the World because it mentioned the names of two other people on the paper's staff.

WSJ: Fresh Hacking Emails Released

While this is certainly good news for active job seekers, though, the repercussions on a larger economic scale may not be widespread.

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The widespread global adoption of social networking coupled with the growing pervasiveness of smart devices are causing a tectonic shift in online news consumption.

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The emails released Tuesday drive at a key question in the phone-hacking saga: when senior News Corp. executives first became aware of the widespread nature of wrongdoing at the News of the World.

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