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The Las Vegas Sun is a Pulitzer-prize winning newspaper and one of two daily newspapers in Las Vegas. The paper has been owned and operated by the Greenspun family since its founding in 1950.

Since 2005 the Sun has been published under a Joint Operating Agreement with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, with the Sun running as an insert in the Review-Journal. Because of this arrangement the Sun has invested heavily in its website and in multimedia, backed by Greenspun Interactive, the online media division of the Greenspun Media Group.

In 2008 Greenspun hired Rob Curley, who had headed new media efforts at the Naples Daily News and Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, to be editor for Greenspun Interactive and lasvegassun.com. After Curley’s arrival the Sun put an emphasis on video, and in 2009 the company launched 702.tv, a twice weekly show for TV and the web that focused on news and culture. Four months after launch Greenspun cancelled the show, citing the bad economy.

In December 2010 the Greenspun Media Group announced it would be merging the advertising and other support staff across several properties as well as laying off employees.

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In spite of staff reductions the Sun continued to innovate with its website in 2010, including a new online commenting policy requiring readers to verify their identity and the launch of Home News, a local news product that tailors stories for readers based on their zip code.

In 2010 the Sun was recognized by the Online News Association and Editor & Publisher for its special online series “Bottoming Out”, about gambling addiction in Las Vegas.

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April 5, 2011 / Justin Ellis

Is Righthaven the copyright enforcer news needs, or the one it deserves? How its suits could affect journalism — Could Righthaven be the enforcer publishers deserve, but not the one it needs right now? Yes, I'm shamelessly co-opting a line from The Dark Knight — partly out of love for that movie, but also because the controversia...

Oct. 21, 2010 / Justin Ellis

No comment: The Portland Press Herald’s about face — The halcyon days of SnoodFan99 and other anonymous commenters briefly came to an end Tuesday, at least on PressHerald.com, the website for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. In an afternoon note to readers,...

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Primary author: Justin Ellis. Main text last updated: May 31, 2011.

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