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PaidContent.org, which authoritatively tracks media efforts to make money on the web, is now listed among my links on the left side as a Los Angeles website. Founder and editor Rafat Ali has moved the operation here from London. He explains:
It is a business and a personal move...it is an attempt to expand my business in U.S. and be closer to where my majority of stories come from. On the personal side, my fiancee lives here, so that makes it easy....On a personal note, I plan NOT to buy a car...just a challenge to see how long I can survive without a car in this city! I have a feeling I will give in very soon...
It's an appropriate place to be since so much of Hollywood is trying to find ways to charge for online content, and the Tribune Co. is moving the Times that way. Ali lists his local phone number on the site's About page.