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...Rowers and punters, skiffs and pleasure craft, took to the water. And so our voyage continued....
...In June, News Corp purchased Skiff, an e-reading platform from Hearst, made a minority investment in Journalism Online, a paywall venture for publishers, and appointed John Houseman, a News Corp veteran,...
...News Corp’s primary interest is in Skiff’s publishing platform and it does not plan to launch an e-reader, one executive said....
...“This is a platform that we believe publishers will want to use,” said Kenneth Bronfin, president of Hearst interactive media....
...Last week Hearst also unveiled Skiff, a digital news stand, technology platform and planned electronic reader, promising to give publishers more control of their digital fortunes....
...First, we hired a flat-bottomed 19th-century rowing skiff....
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