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Sportswriter Benner named hall-of-famer

Longtime Indianapolis sports journalist Bill Benner is among six Hoosiers to be inducted this year into the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame.

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WFYI, other public radio stations bulk up news staffs

A decade ago, WFYI’s on-air personalities mostly read local stories from other sources. With its four additions, WFYI will have 15 staffers dedicated to gathering, reporting and disseminating local stories statewide and beyond.

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Ad agency execs create app for sharing items

Brian Phillips and Jacob Leffler, who co-founded digital advertising agency The Basement in 2007, launched an iPhone app last month that allows people to borrow and lend items that spend more time in storage than in usage.

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Gannett gives up on Tronc takeover

The giant media firm’s target was elusive from the beginning. It revealed in the spring that it was offering $388 million for the Chicago company, which it said refused to partake in “constructive discussions.”

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Murky path ahead for Smulyan and Emmis

Experts disagree about Emmis Communications Corp.’s immediate prospects, but there’s almost unanimous agreement that the company will chug forward as long as Jeff Smulyan drives the locomotive.

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