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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src="./ecommercebytes.gif" alt="./ecommercebytes" loading="lazy"><br><br></strong><span style="font-size: 32px;"><strong style="font-size: 34px;">Thank you</strong></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 24px;">After
  27 years, <span class="SpellE">EcommerceBytes</span> has ceased publication.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  
  
  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Steiner
  Associates, LLC publishers David and Ina Steiner began an incredible journey
  when they launched <span class="SpellE">AuctionBytes</span> in 1999, rebranding
  the site to <span class="SpellE">EcommerceBytes</span> in 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  
  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Freelance
  reporters, advertisers, and providers supported what remained a small,
  husband-and-wife publishing business dedicated to helping sellers become more
  efficient and profitable selling online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  
  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Readers
  provided insight into the joys and pitfalls of selling online. Many people
  who relied on ecommerce platforms for their livelihood requested anonymity in
  communicating with <span class="SpellE">EcommerceBytes</span> about problems
  they encountered because they feared retaliation for speaking out publicly.
  The publishers of <span class="SpellE">EcommerceBytes</span> support reporter
  shield laws such as the one being considered in Massachusetts, supported by
  the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Massachusetts
  Newspaper Publishers Association.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  
  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;">According
  to the Legal Information Institute:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><em style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
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  mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual" data-font-size="">"In
  the context of the press, shield laws allow journalists to refuse to disclose
  confidential sources of information obtained during newsgathering. These laws
  protect reporters from being compelled to testify about their sources or
  unpublished materials in legal proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
  
  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Thank
  you for supporting and being a part of <span class="SpellE">EcommerceBytes</span>
  over the past three decades.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  
  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Steiner
  Associates, LLC<br>PO
  Box 668<br>Natick,
  MA 01760<br></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
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  mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual" data-font-size=""><span style="font-size: 24px;">Tel.
  508-655-5697<br><br><strong>Contact</strong><br>Ina Steiner: <a href="mailto:ina@ecommercebytes.com">ina@ecommercebytes.com</a><br>David Steiner: <a href="mailto:dsteiner@ecommercebytes.com">dsteiner@ecommercebytes.com</a><br></span><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p>
  
  
  
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