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Monday, July 16, 2012
The Dallas Morning News acquires Pegasus News
The purchase further strengthens The Dallas Morning News’ position as the leading source of up-to-date local news and entertainment information.
DALLAS — The Dallas Morning News announced today that it has acquired Pegasus News (www.pegasusnews.com), an online news and information business serving Dallas-Fort Worth, from PanLocal Media LLC, a subsidiary of Archstream LLC of Dallas. The purchase further strengthens The Dallas Morning News’ position as the leading source of up-to-date local news and entertainment information.
Rich Alfano, general manager of The Dallas Morning News’ Arts and Entertainment business, said, “Pegasus News allows us to reach more consumers and strengthens our ability to provide the latest and most relevant information about places to visit, events, music and restaurants. Pegasus News’ hyperlocal data provides consumers with information on approximately 225,000 places, 5,000 events, 4,200 restaurants, 2,500 bands and Friday Night specials.”
Sarah Blaskovich, editor of Pegasus News, said, “By combining Pegasus News’ content and technology with The Dallas Morning News’ distribution, marketing and sales capabilities, we are creating new and exciting opportunities for Pegasus’ audiences and advertisers. It's an exciting time for digital news and information companies like Pegasus News, and we’re thrilled to be teaming up with the largest creator of proprietary local news and information in Dallas-Fort Worth.”
Posted by Sarah Blaskovich
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Brett Hoerner, verified:
RIP Panlocal Media LLC, 2004-2007.
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Jagger Mafia, anonymous:
Congrats!!!
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Jason Rice, verified:
Well.
Gosh. Hope it's a good thing for Peg people in general.
Um.... Can't wait to see how miserable the GUI gets with pop-overs and the other dross we love about that other website.
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mikeorren, anonymous:
Although I haven't been involved with PegNews since I left last year, I'm thrilled to see this happen. I'm betting my old team and my pals at the DMN will make magic together. I've always wanted the platform we built and that the current team built upon to reach the biggest audience possible -- the DMN is a home where that can happen.
Congrats to all!
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BrandonR, anonymous:
So does this mean the site will soon be fee-based and I'll get annoying "subscribers only" messages that just make me go get my news elsewhere? The DMN unfortunately does not understand how online media works (i.e., you don't charge for what you can get elsewhere for free).
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
BrandonR and Jason Rice, I know some of our longtime readers may be concerned about this change. We assure you we'll be the same Pegasus News you remember. We're excited for the opportunity to use our brand in a bigger way. Stick with us!
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Jason Rice, verified:
Ok. They keep the cute editorial smartie and I'm here.
One false move, though, and I'll take my snark and go home.
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
One false move, though, and I'll take my snark and go home.
If you do that, I'd come try to find you. But I'd have to camp outside of your moat.
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steeledf72, anonymous:
Keeping fingers crossed that DMN doesn't screw this site up.
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Jeremy Dunck, verified:
Jason, you old dog.
Here's the first thing that came to my mind, maybe for old Mr. Meyer.
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Shannon Sutlief, staff:
They keep the cute editorial smartie and I'm here.
Ahem. THE cute editorial smartie? Why, Mr. Rice, it sounds like you're saying there is only one cute editorial smartie. On behalf of the rest of the staff, I'm offended. And keep in mind that I live within the confines of the moat.
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Jason Rice, verified:
If I flirt at you, I'm close enough to consider stalker material.
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Not Jason Rice At All, anonymous:
Besides, wouldn't you rather have a younger stud muffin calling you hot that an old bald guy?
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Jason Rice, verified:
Now I'm just bracing for TGubb to weigh in and REALLY give me hell.
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damn yankee, anonymous:
Can't wait to see how miserable the GUI gets with pop-overs and the other dross we love about that other website.
Pop-overs already happened; that's why I'm Damn Yankee, now, instead of Pavel, because I boycotted 'em hard for a year.
And then I came back.
And then they got bought.
Coincidence? I think not.
Also, Jason, I'm right there with you on the snark issue. If they can't handle me, then I'll just write my comments on postcard and mail them in anonymously, the address scribbled angrily on the envelope out of home-made ketchup-and-rat-hair ink.
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damn yankee, anonymous:
Also, I hope all the employees got some good cash out of the deal.
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Jason Rice, verified:
And some serious worship from their new handlers.
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vickie, anonymous:
Agree with steeled. Hope DMN doesn't screw this up. Their writers are mediocre at best, restaurant reviews are usually off base, the facebook comments are awful....oh, and every summer their sports writers somehow convince themselves that the Cowboys are going to the Super Bowl.... Hope they leave PegNews alone.
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lisaltx, anonymous:
Ugh is all I can say.
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Jon Ostrowski, verified:
Wow! As a long time Pegasus News fan.....not sure what to think. My least favorite news site in DMN, but I will give Pegasus a chance with new owners. Once the ads and pop-ups are too much - or the charge a fee...I am out. I guess I will have to stick to the Observer site for local info.
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
I hope the change is good for all the fine folks at PN; I always thought of you as a "collective" group of mis-fits; I hope you stay that way and don't drift to the dark side of corporate newspeak.
Who will be doing the horrorscopes ?
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
SitizenKane and Jon, thanks for your faith in us. We value your readership!
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ykittys, anonymous:
UUgh. It's bad enough not getting to read Dallas news on DMN. Hope the same annoying subscriber-only crap doesn't happen to PegasusNews. I love this site!
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Tracy Yost, verified:
Sincerest congrats! and I hope the peg doesn't become like the dmn....
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mbregenzer, anonymous:
First thing DMN should do is read these posts.. If we did not care, we would not give the feedback...
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BornToRhone, anonymous:
Like everybody else I hope DMN does not put it behind a paywall or I will stop reading, just like I stopped reading the DMN. I wonder what they will do about the fact that T Gubbins is better and certainly more well liked than Leslie Brenner?
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feinsterpaul, anonymous:
It looks like T Gubbins is gone??? http://www.pegasusnews.com/contact/
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lisaltx, anonymous:
feinsterpaul - I hope that is not the case. I came to this site because of the quality of the restaurant reviews here as compared to DMN.
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ellis, anonymous:
Ditto: I started visiting PN because of the DMN paywall (the most restrictive in the news publishing business). Hope it doesn't change but acquisitions rarely work out well for the target company.
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Jason Rice, verified:
Oh My - that's not making for much happiness.
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alexander troup, verified:
Really, is that what we have been doing here for 3 years working for this moment.......THEN AGAIN, the real people win in life, not the phonies with all the money and vice and hang ups and facades....A/T, glad to have been real and stated my opinions.....
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
ellis, we're glad you're here! We're settled into our new digs and back to the grind. I hope you continue to find useful (free) stuff right here on PegNews.
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mremanne, anonymous:
I suppose I must congratulate PegNews on what appears to be a nice payday, but honestly, I feel kind of like my best friend in school, the wiseguy kid I always liked to hang out and get into trouble with, became a cop. He's still my friend, but I don't talk to him the same way. Altnews sources are patronized for a particular reason: it's because we either dislike or distrust the mainstream media source, or both. The DMN is very good at co-opting the competition. Unfortunately, for that competition and their followers, they don't always stick around too long. I'm sure everyone at PegNews is smart enough to hold onto your Rolodexes. If you still use those antiques. The nice thing about electronic media, BTW, is, all it takes is a laptop and an i-net connection, and you're in business! Good Luck!
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Jason Rice, verified:
mremanne, I'm doubting any of the kids we like playing with saw a dime of it.
We like what they cover. We like how they cover it.
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
Now that your' in the loop Sara; can you tell the suits at DMN to stop delivering that annoying morning paper that automatically goes into the recycle trash ?????/
My pleading hasn't worked....thanks.
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alexander troup, verified:
It is like this, I understand the meaning of formula rating, making progress and moving...to where...while Observer and Morning News is very difficult on line to acess a voice....this has been avery good voice int he Cultural community, over the years...now the concession of News media thinking is about the new Marraige....and I dont disagree I know what is coming......
And I sense this some years back with very little reward..but gave to give and I have been loyal....very loyal....to say, why have some owner shove a new guy into my box....and the new owner will do that.....while who is the new Dallas Guy....Change...YOU HAVE TO ADMIT...no one is really in control..but it has to happend....real or phonie...A/T
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rickzilla2112, anonymous:
Happy for you Sarah,
Hope things stay the same. I used to use the DMN Guide Live back Before they screwed that up. Pegasus filled the void they left behind. Keep up the good work
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Ron Dempesmeier, verified:
What happened to texasgigs.com?
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
Ron, texasgigs.com was lumped into Pegasus News years ago -- long before I took up my post here.
Funny you mention it, though: While we were moving offices, I found an old texasgigs.com sign with the old PegNews logo. Keeping it as a collector's item!
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Scott, anonymous:
Where's Gubbins? She's been the most consistent source of original content on Pegasus News since its launch five years ago, during which time she's broken scads of big food news (including, within the past couple of weeks, the pending closure of Craft Dallas). She's been completely silent on the site ever since the announcement of the DMN acquisition and, despite questions about her in this thread, Pegasus News has not clearly stated whether she's still with the organization or not. Sarah, can you clarify the situation?
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adkim, anonymous:
seriously, where is teresa gubbins? your choice in pleading the fifth speaks volumes about your ethics at pegasusnews and the DMN. keepin' it klassy. with tg gone, i guess there is one less site to visit now.
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Jason Rice, verified:
Ok, I'll wade in... since I can confirm precisely that I know NOTHING. -- And for the record, I have TRIED to find out... NADA.
Obviously, we see she is no longer listed as user/contributor/XYZ
Secondly, nobody has heard from her.
I don't know how many of you have been through this magnitude of reorganization, but they are always HELL. People get screwed. Period.
Moreover, when people, especially signature or customer facing people, are let go in them, there is some paltry severance offered in return for you signing away your whole life SPECIFICALLY the right to voice any opinion on your former employer, His/Her policies, His/Her actions, His/her handling of the situation -- heck even their taste in footwear from now till eternity is off the topic block - or they can legally crucify you.
No, it's usually NOT worth the severance package, but you just got blindsided and need the money and they freakin' have you by the red line.
Now the folks stuck here fielding our suspicion and flaccid rage are twice as stuck. They have jobs for the moment and whether thrilled about the state of things or not had better appear thrilled about the state of things. (Welcome to "show-biz")
This may be the darned best thing in the world to happen to our beloved Peggers. Heck, they may look back from their mahogany inlaid penthouse apartments someday and thank their lucky stars for this, but frankly, with rent due each month, even if it ranks up there with an Ebola outbreak, they have to stay public-facing happy and joyful. Um. It's a job.
I deeply hope everything is awesome and great and beyond cool, (You can tell by my tone of voice, I'm bluffing) but on the off chance this is anything shy of Valhalla, cut them some slack on this and don't tar their credibility for meeting personal obligations.
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damn yankee, anonymous:
Honestly, if the rest of the PegNews staff gets sold into some sort of... I hesitate to use the word "slavery", but let's just say that if they end up rowing a longboat up a river to help their new bosses pillage a village (heh), it would still have been worth it from my site to get to know T-Gub, and to steal a Pegasus News banner and hold it hostage.
Dallas Morning News, what have YOU ever let me steal? Pssh.
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Jason Rice, verified:
Well put, Mr. L.
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
Obviously TG is gone; she will be missed; and in my view irreplaceable.
I wish her well and hope she finds a suitable replacement for her enjoyable mix of reportage and opinion.
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lisaltx, anonymous:
Ditto SitizenKane, and hopefully we can find her and enjoy her wit before DMN takes them over, too.
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Jason Rice, verified:
Guys - bottom line... We have just proved SHE is a brand.
Find her on Facebook and follow her brand directly.
THAT is modern journalism.
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
I don't join clubs....and facebook is the biggest club on planet earth.
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
and they ain't very selective about membership.
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Jason Rice, verified:
I don't see it as a club. More as the Thames on a constant mercantile boom. So much flutter and stuff passing by with little or no or possibly all importance. The ultimate "people watching at a distance"
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okme2, anonymous:
There goes the neighborhood…I’m out!! The DMN will run Pegasus into the ground! Also, where is the writer Teresa Gubbins? I have not seen her on the site lately and she is a big reason why Pegasus News was so great.
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eltoro, anonymous:
what the heck? Just read on sidedish...TG gone? Really? She was one of the best reporters in DFW always ahead of the curve. When she does surface as all pro's do I will again follow her for her fair and accurate reviews. I'm outta here. No mas PN
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
You have to join to particpate, makes it a club.....
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hellofromfw, anonymous:
A lot of us would like to know the status of Teresa Gubbins. Sarah, why do you keep ignoring questions pertaining to her?
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Jason Rice, verified:
Maybe she likes tormenting you.
Or maybe as part and parcel of any corporate merger, major components of the agreement of continued employment MIGHT just be a confidentiality agreement during the transition period to protect interests of both parties and their stakeholders.
But if it were me, my money would be on enjoyment of pi**ing people off.
That'd be MY motivation, anyway.
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damn yankee, anonymous:
I don't think there's anything preventing us from speculation, though. I hear that they scanned her brain in an MRI machine, and she now exists as a pure digital life form, pumping out restaurant review after restaurant review, lest the DMN cut the power to her computing cluster.
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Jason Rice, verified:
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Jason Rice, verified:
Perhaps SHE IS DMN.
Suspiciously, I have never seen them both together.
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
btw; in case anyother web blogs are tracking:
HIRE TG AND YOUR READERSHIP/HIT COUNT WILL SPIKE !!!
(shameless (but honest) shill to get TG a suitable replacement position).
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alexander troup, verified:
THE over all story I am reading is we are in a 2012 over/haul and the vote is not in yet,,,,this is a media break event.......real or fake we do change that for which we become over and over again...Life an death....transformations...
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Scott, anonymous:
CultureMap Dallas announced today that they hired Teresa Gubbins. Now that it's confirmed that Pegasus News will have no original dining content, there's no reason for me to return to this site.
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damn yankee, anonymous:
What about our charm and wit?
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Jason Rice, verified:
Don't forget good looks.
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DC, anonymous:
Bye.
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alexander troup, verified:
YOU KNOW, this is a time change...for alot of people again, we are into the second phase of the stuff we call change from 2008....change can also mean to let go....and T.G having to go and pass the plate here is change.....she did a great job on the food,while food can be a vice in Dallas....that is the spending of money you should feed your kids, or when you are going out to eat junk food or charming new food....then again she did a great job and began many years ago with the Morning News..Good luck .T.G Ms Gubbins you will be missed......A/T.
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mezzetin_subaquatic, anonymous:
huh?
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WhirledNews, anonymous:
Great, another outlet for Belo to push their agenda, just what DFW needed... You probably won't be hearing too much about the success of any local TV stations except for WFAA, it should be interesting to see if they still cover KTXA and the Rangers.
Also, I find it hilarious that Sarah quoted herself in this article.
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alexander troup, verified:
Yep you said it Southern Baptist Neiman Marcus S,M.U...what a formula....in a test tube.....YUK.....I love Deep Elm Pizza....flies and hot breeze,,,,
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jtmbls, anonymous:
Why is everyone assuming they let TGubb go? My money says she left of her own accord.
Would it be inappropriate for me to suggest a tickle party until she gives us the scoop?
Are we still allowed to be inappropriate here?
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Jason Rice, verified:
Her account is back... lending significant credence to Damn Yankee's "digitization" speculations.
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
TG is hanging her hat here..............
http://dallas.culturemap.com/
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Jason Rice, verified:
... which you'd have known a week ago if you weren't such a Facebook Holdout....
....just sayin'
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
I did know awhile ago and not because of facebook); but I am the only one that wanted to pass the info on to other readers at PN I guess; since all you "facebookers" knew but didn't care to share....see how that clubby thing works, you are only in the know if you are in the club.....kinda like having a secret handshake I guess.
just saying....
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Shannon Sutlief, staff:
Actually, SitizenKane, if you'll scroll up past five days of comments, you'll see Scott broke the news on July 25. He didn't provide a link, though, so thanks for that.
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Jason Rice, verified:
Yeah, thanks to Scott...(above)
How can you be "in" if there is no "outside"?
(Mezz - you got the quote for us?)
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
there is always an outside.....
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Jason Rice, verified:
I find that comforting.
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mezzetin_subaquatic, anonymous:
nope. I'm all too human.
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alexander troup, verified:
I GOT THE WEIRD VIBES WHEN I was told at an event early this year, a shake up had come about when Mike sold his share......last year.....then my comments last year and this year have been too liberal....or I am accused of being a boiler....HEY, I am wrestling.....and i dont dig... locker rooms full of messages that I have to show up. or I am fired....what ever, the Morning News is so get the slang....Corney now.....go down town and Check the OLD BELO out....ask them what is Dallas to become in 2012....
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mezzetin_subaquatic, anonymous:
huh?
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