Under Fire, White House Pushes Media Shield Law

The administration is pushing for greater protections for reporters who refuse to identify sources, even as officials face anger over the seizure of Associated Press records.

    

Turkish Court Sees Conspiracy in Journalist’s Death

The killers of the ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink did not act alone but were part of a criminal conspiracy, an appeals court ruled on Wednesday.

    

Wrestling Reporter Dave Meltzer Tries to Keep It Real

For the past 26 years, Dave Meltzer’s homemade publication, The Wrestling Observer, has pulled back the curtain on a notoriously secretive business.

    

Holder Defends Justice Department in Journalists’ Records Seizure

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said that the leak in question was among the two or three most serious leaks he had seen since the 1970s.

    

Barbara Walters to Announce 2014 Retirement on ‘The View’

Network television’s first anchorwoman plans to announce Monday that next year she will leave the business where she broke barriers and rules for more than 50 years.

    

Media Decoder: Snooping and the News Media: It’s a 2-Way Street

Lines are being crossed in all directions, with the government seizing journalists’ phone records, and Bloomberg reporters monitoring the actions of their clients.

    

The TV Watch: Barbara Walters’s Career Mirrors the Trajectory of TV

Barbara Walters’s announced retirement is a reminder that her long career mirrors the trajectory of television: as more and more viewers abandon broadcast TV, so does she.

    

The Media Equation: In New Orleans, Times-Picayune’s Monopoly Crumbles

The New Orleans Times-Picayune announced it would return to producing a printed product every day after losing both readers and advertisers and gaining competition.

    

Phone Records of Journalists of The Associated Press Seized by U.S.

The Associated Press reported that the Justice Department had secretly obtained the phone records of its offices and journalists, calling it a “massive and unprecedented intrusion.”

    

More Clients Ask Questions of Bloomberg

Bloomberg L.P. hastened to shield its lucrative terminal business and appease its subscribers after accusations of privacy violations.

    

Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping

Reporters at Bloomberg News were told to use the terminals to get an edge in the competitive world of financial journalism, more than half a dozen former employees said.

    

Balancing Privacy With Open Justice in Britain

It has been a longstanding practice in many European countries for the police to withhold from the media the names of people who have been arrested. Britons are debating the practice.

    

South Korea Seeks Journalist’s Arrest in Defamation Case

Prosecutors said Choo Chin-woo had “spread false information” through articles and a podcast linking President Park Geun-hye’s brother to a relative’s killing.

    

On Par: For Rhonda Glenn, a Career of Giving a Voice to Women’s Golf

Rhonda Glenn, who literally wrote the book on women’s golf, retired last week after nearly 50 years as a journalist and an employee of the United States Golf Association.

    

Privacy Breach on Bloomberg’s Data Terminals

Bloomberg News confirmed that reporters for its news service used the the company’s terminals to monitor subscribers’ usage.

    

Pakistan Orders New York Times Reporter Declan Walsh to Leave

The New York Times has protested an election-eve expulsion order for Declan Walsh, a veteran correspondent.

    

Britain’s Daily Mail Web Site Makes Foray Into America

Mail Online, The Daily Mail’s site, has expanded on the news and business sides with offices in New York, and coverage of celebrities in Los Angeles.

    

Cable Channels Lift News Corp.’s Profit

Publishing businesses, which will soon be split into a separate company, dragged on overall profit.

    

The Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly Renews Contract

Her renewal could foreshadow a move to prime time.

    

The Media Equation: For Media Moguls, Paydays That Outstrip Other Fields

Leaders in other industries may be well paid, but they earn far less than their media counterparts.