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Ziff Davis Media Files for Bankruptcy
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:56 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ziff Davis Media Inc., publisher of technology and video game magazines, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday and cited a decrease in revenue from print advertising and subscriptions as contributing to its decline.

But the company said it expected to reorganize quickly and exit court protection by midsummer.

New York-based Ziff Davis said in a court filing that it had about $500 million in liabilities and $313 million worth of assets, as of the end of December. It filed for Chapter 11 protection to restructure debt that had become burdensome. More

And, Germans don't eat just sauerkraut any more:

Fine Dining Takes Small but Stellar Strides in Germany
By CARTER DOUGHERTY

LANGEN, Germany — A traditional ham-and-egg sandwich called a strammer Max costs about $6 or $7 at a local greasy spoon here. But at Juan Amador’s restaurant the sandwich — along with a tube to sip a few drops of pork fat and smoked oil, followed by a quail’s egg swaddled in paper-thin dough — is part of a multicourse meal that runs about $240.

Innovations like this one have earned the restaurant, Amador, three Michelin stars, the highest rating, and have drawn attention to a surprising development in the land of sauerkraut and sausage: Germany now has more three-star restaurants — nine — than any other European country except France.

“Germany’s eating behavior has changed radically in the last 10 years,” Mr. Amador said. “We are creating a new eating culture that simply did not exist before.” More