New Century: A House Divided Nine media companies created New Century Network to link 140 newspapers online. But the venture was paralyzed by constant clashes. Some results: -- Took 18 months to find a chief executive -- Killed a plan to go public -- Failed to run lucrative classifieds -- Created a news Web site that competed with large papers -- Failed to promote site -- Generated little traffic and ad revenue Return to main story

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