Holder Faces New Round of Criticism After Leak Inquiries

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., a target of attacks from Republicans, faces fresh complaints over the Justice Department’s campaign against leaks to journalists.

    

May’s News Lifts CNN and Fox, but Sinks MSNBC

The freeing of three women in Cleveland and the Oklahoma tornado brought viewers to only two of the three main cable news channels.

    

Newsweek Is Put Up for Sale

An internal memo widely circulated on the Internet disclosed plans to sell the magazine and focus on The Daily Beast.

    

Keith Hernandez Error on Memorial Day

Keith Hernandez, an SNY analyst on Mets games, described a bat shattered in Monday’s game as a “dead soldier.”

    

News Corp. Says It Was Not Told of Subpoena for Reporter’s Phone Records

Fox News has denied that it knew about the subpoena, while Justice Department officials have said they sent notification 90 days after obtaining the telephone records.

    

American Al Jazeera Channel Shifts Focus to U.S. News

To counter skepticism about its Al Jazeera America cable channel, the Qatar-based network is building a sizable news organization to cover the United States.

    

Haynes Johnson, Journalist and Author, Dies at 81

Mr. Johnson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, television commentator and author who spent most of his career at The Washington Post and won wide acclaim for his coverage of the capital.

    

Reporters See Chilling Effect From Justice Dept. Inquiries

Despite President Obama’s conciliatory gesture of a review of Justice Department investigations involving journalists, some reporters say that chill has already set in.

    

News Corporation Board Approves Split of Company

The company is expected to complete its separation on June 28, with publishing assets in one company and most film and television units in another.

    

Obama, Offering Support for Press Freedom, Orders Review of Leak Investigations

President Obama asked Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to scrutinize Justice Department investigations and said he was “troubled” that such inquiries could hinder reporters.

    

Dennis K. Burke Criticized for ‘Fast and Furious’ Leak

The Justice Department called prosecutor Dennis K. Burke’s actions related to the release of a memo about a federal agent involved in the “Fast and Furious” investigation “particularly egregious.”

    

Helicopters Bring Viewers Vivid Images of Tornado

Daylight and a hovering helicopter allowed cable news channels to bring startling images of the mile-wide tornado in Oklahoma to viewers on Monday.

    

White House Defends Tracking Fox Reporter

Officials searched the personal e-mails and tried to track the movements of a Fox News correspondent, James Rosen, in investigating a leak.

    

Deborah Turness Named President of NBC News

Ms. Turness, a British news executive, will face the same challenges as her counterparts at ABC and CBS as television viewers spend more time online.

    

Head of The A.P. Criticizes Seizure of Phone Records

Gary Pruitt said the Obama administration’s handling of a leak investigation had already diminished journalists’ capacity to report on the government.

    

Kennett Love, Times Correspondent in 1950s, Dies at 88

Mr. Love was in Iran in 1953 when the C.I.A. plotted against the government, and he also reported on the Suez Canal crisis of 1956.

    

Hunting for Syrian Hackers’ Chain of Command

If researchers prove the Assad regime is closely tied to the Syrian Electronic Army, foreign governments may choose to respond, because the attacks have real-world consequences.

    

AOL to Impose More Cuts at Patch, Its Local News Operation

The company will reduce the number of regional news offices, but says community service will not be reduced.

    

Former I.B.M. Chief, Palmisano, to Lead Bloomberg Privacy Review

The company named Samuel J. Palmisano, former I.B.M. chief, to review its practices after complaints that Bloomberg reporters were snooping in data terminals.

    

Reporter Turned White House Spokesman Enjoys the Hot Seat

A number of controversies have put Jay Carney, a former reporter turned White House press secretary, under a white-hot spotlight, but he says he likes it.