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In the testosterone-laden enclaves of America's business class, buzzwords tend to be a bit manly. Perhaps the best example is "tent pole," a term that refers to a company's most promising, prominent or profitable product -- except when it refers to its biggest problem.

The Hollywood Reporter needs a new strategy, but the one it has chosen -- replacing its daily print edition with a glossy weekly magazine aimed at consumers and luxury advertisers -- may be worse than preserving the status quo.

Just about every major periodical is pondering a move to paid digital content, but most are taking an oh-so-gingerly approach, trying to figure out how to coax some fresh revenues out of readers without taking a big hit in traffic and advertising. Not Variety, though. The Hollywood trade paper is...

It wouldn't be terribly surprising to see one or more entertainment trade papers retreat from print or disappear entirely; indeed, some of the participants in the DailyFinance Media Brain Trust poll predicted just that. But is it happening already? Hollywood blogger (and newly-minted millionaire)...