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New look for Paid Content

Rafat Ali's Santa Monica-based news operation — a success story among the many local web startups — has completely redesigned and shifted to a new content management system. PaidContent.org originally used Movable Type (which LA Observed uses for now) and recently jettisoned WordPress for Expression Engine. Executive editor Staci D. Kramer reports today from the digital Hollywood conference.


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