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Date Added: May 16, 2008 03:32:02 AM
NEW YORK — Media and entertainment company CBS Corp. is buying CNet Networks Inc., an online news and information provider, for $1.8 billion in cash in its latest bid to expand its reach on the Internet, the companies announced today.

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