Book Looks Behind the Scenes at Fox

“The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies,” by Jonathan Alter, includes a chapter on Fox’s influence on the 2012 presidential campaign.

    

BuzzFeed Takes Steps to Add Foreign News Coverage

The social news site BuzzFeed recently posted a hiring notice for a foreign editor, saying it wanted “to build a new kind of national security and world news coverage.”

    

Alaskan Media Battle Pits KTUU and Cable Rival

A telecommunications company’s bid to offer TV content raises questions about fairness and monopoly.

    

The Public Editor: Repairing the Credibility Cracks After Jayson Blair

A decade later, a reporting scandal that shook The Times remains a touchy subject.

    

Bombings Trip Up Reddit in Its Turn in Spotlight

While Reddit has never pretended to be a news organization, as it grows bigger and more influential, the rest of the world expects it to exercise judgment.

    

CNN Gets a Ratings Boost From Boston

The coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings increased average total viewership of CNN in April by 80 percent compared with last April.

    

Diller Gives Bleak Assessment of Newsweek

The head of IAC/InterActiveCorp called the acquisition of the struggling newsweekly “a mistake,’’ adding, “I don’t have great expectations.’’

    

Link by Link: Media Critics Turn to Twitter

Various Twitter accounts poke fun at news media outlets like The Huffington Post, Slate and The New York Times.

    

Iraq Suspends Al Jazeera and Other TV Channels

All but one of the channels are aligned with Sunni financial backers, and the Iraqi government said the channels were inciting sectarian conflict.

    

World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Lawmakers Pass Contentious Secrecy Bill

South Africa’s Parliament on Thursday passed a much-criticized secrecy bill that will restrict access to information and impose hefty fines and jail terms on reporters who publish information the government classifies as secret.

    

New Law Makes Suing for Libel Harder in England

The measure puts an end to most cases of so-called libel tourism, in which powerful foreigners have brought cases against authors, journalists and others.

    

For Nearly 5 Hours, a Confident Putin Takes Questions

As a legal dragnet began to close around figures in Russia’s political opposition, President Vladimir V. Putin returned to Kremlin stagecraft with a live, televised question-and-answer session.

    

Plouffe, Ex-Obama Adviser, Joins Bloomberg Television

David Plouffe, manager of President Obama’s 2008 election, will also serve as a strategic consultant to the network.

    

The Caucus: Hacked A.P. Twitter Feed Jars Markets

The Twitter account for The Associated Press was hacked on Tuesday and erroneously sent out a tweet saying there had been explosions at the White House, injuring President Obama.

    

The Times Shifts on ‘Illegal Immigrant,’ but Doesn’t Ban the Use

The newspaper will encourage reporters to consider other terms to describe someone in the United States without proper legal authorization, a move short of what protesters were seeking.

    

CNN Scores High Ratings in Boston Manhunt Coverage

Despite critical reviews of its reporting after the Boston bombing, CNN attracted one of its biggest audiences in a decade to its reporting on Friday.

    

The Media Equation: In Boston, CNN Stumbles in Rush to Break News

When big news breaks, a common impulse is to turn to CNN, but the network suffers from self-inflicted damage.

    

Brown University Student Mistaken for Bombing Suspect

A missing Brown University philosophy student was mistakenly thought to be one of the men sought in the Boston Marathon bombings.

    

Koch Brothers Making Play for Tribune’s Newspapers

Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of libertarian causes, are exploring a bid to buy the Tribune Company’s eight regional newspapers.

    

Al Neuharth, Executive Who Built Gannett and USA Today, Is Dead at 89

Mr. Neuharth’s business model, characterized by stripped-down costs and generous margins, reshaped the industry, tilting the balance between profits and public service.