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Socialites Say They've Been Buying Their Way Into Palm Beach's Newspaper

By Bob Norman

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | February 10, 2009

Millionaire socialites gauge their worth by their appearances in the Palm Beach Daily News, which has a circulation of about 7,000. Because of its local cachet, it is one of the few publications in America untouched by the economic downturn.

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Tags: Laurence Leamer, Madness Under the Royal Palms: Love and Death Behind The Gates of Palm Beach, Palm Beach Daily News, Shannon Donnelly

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