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By Erik Gunn For WisBusiness.com It's the fundamental challenge facing media today: As communication migrates from the television, magazine page or newspaper to online, how can the industry make money? For newspapers, free Internet ads like Craigslist have all but eviscerated that once-lucrative classified business, and the contracting economy has further shrunk automotive, real estate and retailing ads. Broadcasters,...

By WisBusiness Staff Citizen Action of Wisconsin argues that a new poll of business owners in Wisconsin shows "strong" support for health care reform in the state's small business community. Citizen Action and national business advocacy group Small Business Majority collaborated on the poll, which showed 75 percent of respondents supporting a package that includes both public and private coverage options...

Contact: Rod Hise at 608-770-7850 or Tom Still at 608-695-7557 MADISON, Wis. – While most technology industry executives hold a dim view of current state economic conditions, 45 percent of those responding to the first WisBusiness.com Tech Leaders Survey said the Wisconsin economy will improve during the next year and nearly three-quarters of the executives rated the overall prospects for...

Contact: E. Andrew Kapp (262) 472-5423 kappa@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ University of Wisconsin-Whitewater training programs in safety and health for state construction workers will be held this summer and fall in surburban Milwaukee and Green Bay. The Heartland Safety and Health Education Center, a joint project of UW-Whitewater and Indiana University at Bloomington, provide training programs for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. ...