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Japan: Mainichi to shut down website? WaiWai controversy continues

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 @ 22:11 UTC

by Chris Salzberg

Countries:: Japan
Topics:: Breaking News, Internet & Telecoms, Media
Languages:: Japanese

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Malagasy:

Japàna: Te-hanakatona ny vohikalany ve Mainichi?...

In the latest installment of the ongoing WaiWai saga, news [ja] is climbing the bookmarks [ja] in Japan that Mainichi is investigating the possibility of shutting down the online version of its newspaper. Meanwhile, 2channel has discovered that the WaiWai column existed before the Internet [ja] (contrary to what some had thought), with further incriminating evidence now available online for all to see. (Note: Mainichi newspaper has since clarified that it is not planning to shut down its website [ja].)

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[...] adding fuel to the flames. More recently, it was discovered that the WaiWai history stretches back further than the 9 years claimed by Mainichi, adding further insult to injury, while at the same time, the range of targets under fire has [...]

# 2008-08-18 at 17:17 pm
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[...] sul fuoco. Più recentemente si è anche scoperto che la storia di WaiWai risale a ben oltre i 9 anni dichiarati dal Mainichi, scoperta che ha peggiorato la già precaria posizione del giornale. Nel frattempo, le proteste [...]

# 2008-09-4 at 13:18 pm

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