Oct
20
The Media Equation: Tech Wealth and Ideas Are Heading Into News
Posted in: UncategorizedThe technology industry and its various power brokers are suddenly investing significant sums of money in preserving news capacity and quality.
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Oct
19
U Sein Win, Champion of Myanmar Press Freedom, Dies at 91
Posted in: UncategorizedMr. Sein Win, who was the Yangon correspondent for The Associated Press from 1969 to 1989, was jailed three times during his career but lived long enough to see censorship lifted.
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Oct
17
Snowden Journalist’s New Venture to Be Bankrolled by eBay Founder
Posted in: UncategorizedPierre Omidyar will finance the news site drawing Glenn Greenwald away from The Guardian, where he reported on the revelations by Edward Snowden.
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Oct
16
Some News Organizations Decline to Publish Minors’ Names
Posted in: UncategorizedNews organizations were split on whether to identify two Florida girls, 12 and 14, accused in the online bullying of a third girl who committed suicide.
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Oct
12
Advertising: For Journalists Who Seek Out Hidden Things, a More Visible Brand
Posted in: UncategorizedAs it finds new ways to expand its activities, the Center for Investigative Reporting is unveiling a new logo and marketing campaign.
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Oct
11
The Media Equation: It’s Not Just Political Districts. Our News Is Gerrymandered, Too.
Posted in: UncategorizedThe government shutdown reflects a political system that reinforces extremism. The news media system isn’t much different lately.
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Oct
10
Blitzer Causes Stir With Comments on Health Care
Posted in: UncategorizedMr. Blitzer said on the air that the Obama administration should “accept the advice that a lot of Republicans are giving them” and delay the start of the program for a year.
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Oct
09
Megyn Kelly Draws a Bigger, Younger Audience on Night 2 in Prime Time
Posted in: UncategorizedMs. Kelly’s new show led all cable news programs Tuesday night among younger viewers, in an impressive turnaround from her debut.
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Oct
09
Megyn Kelly Draws a Large, Older Audience on Fox News Show
Posted in: UncategorizedMs. Kelly’s new show at 9 p.m. had an audience of more than two million, but trailed MSNBC among the younger viewers advertisers pay to reach.
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Oct
08
‘NewsHour’ Ex-Anchors to Cede Ownership
Posted in: UncategorizedJim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil said they were talking with the Washington public television station WETA, the program’s co-producer, about taking over ownership of “PBS NewsHour.”
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Oct
07
Retro Report: A Bombing Suspect, and the Rush to Judgment
Posted in: UncategorizedWhile many news outlets identified what they said was the leading suspect in the 1996 Olympics bombing, the executive editor held The Times back.
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Oct
05
Currents: An Outsider Looks at Life in America
Posted in: UncategorizedAl Jazeera America may represent something quite new in the media business: the foreign gaze for domestic consumption.
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Oct
05
Court Defers Imprisonment for Journalist Covering Sinai
Posted in: UncategorizedA military court convicted Ahmed Abu Deraa of entering a military zone without authorization, but postponed his sentence indefinitely, a mixed decision in a test of media freedom.
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Oct
03
Reuters Plans to Lay Off 5% of Newsroom Staff
Posted in: UncategorizedThe cuts, expected to affect about 150 employees, follows an announcement last month that the company would scrap plans to expand into consumer news.
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Oct
02
Lee Thornton, Ex-White House Reporter, Dies at 71
Posted in: UncategorizedThe first black woman to cover the White House for CBS News, Ms. Thornton also was a co-host of “All Things Considered” on NPR, a news program producer for CNN and a teacher of journalism.
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Sep
30
Comment Ban Sets Off Debate
Posted in: UncategorizedThe magazine Popular Science has decided to shut off comments on its articles, saying ignorant, insulting and counterfactual posts were polluting the discourse and sowing confusion.
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Sep
24
Advertising: Debating the Changing Economics of Editorial Content
Posted in: UncategorizedMuch attantion was focused on content as the 10th annual Advertising Week began in New York on Monday.
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Sep
24
Former F.B.I. Agent to Plead Guilty in Press Leak
Posted in: UncategorizedDonald Sachtleben, a former bomb technician, agreed to plead guilty to leaking classified details about a foiled bomb plot in Yemen, the Justice Department announced.
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Sep
23
Disruptions: Gawker Wants to Encourage More Voices Online, but With Less Yelling
Posted in: UncategorizedA site that will promote comments on Gawker Media sites wants to elevate the role of commenters while trying to keep needless vitriol at bay.
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Sep
18
Reuters Ends Plans for Ambitious Direct-to-Reader Service
Posted in: UncategorizedThe project, Next, missed deadlines and had cost overruns, but also generated a lot of interest as a new way to distribute news. Instead, the company will focus on Reuters.com.
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