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Digiday: Making money in online publishing is a struggle, but obits site Legacy.com has found new life in e-commerce. Turns out there’s money in mourning. Founded in 1998, Legacy.com carries death announcements from more than 1,500 newspaper partners in the U.S. and abroad, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Dallas Morning News, which pay a fee to have obits listed. But it’s also increasingly becoming an e-commerce powerhouse, by prompting site visitors to send flowers or give to a charity, and taking a cut of each transaction.