Mar
24
BuzzFeed Unites With an Alumnus of Gawker
Posted in: UncategorizedThe partnership will give BuzzFeed access to Whisper, an app where people share secrets and make confessions anonymously, and to its content for possible articles.
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Mar
24
Slate to Introduce a Membership Plan
Posted in: UncategorizedThe digital magazine is starting Slate Plus, a program that will provide special access to Slate’s writers and live events.
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Mar
24
The Media Equation: Risks Abound as Reporters Play in Traffic
Posted in: UncategorizedThe availability of ready metrics on content is not only changing the way news organizations compensate their employees, but will have a significant effect on the news itself.
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Mar
24
In Hollywood News Wars, TheWrap Rebounds
Posted in: UncategorizedThe trade news website has set goals of more traffic and better journalism, and has been rewarded with more visitors.
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Mar
21
Talk: Vice’s Shane Smith: ‘Have We Unleashed a Monster?’
Posted in: UncategorizedThe C.E.O. of the magazine-turned-media-company on his new kind of news.
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Mar
21
Khushwant Singh, Provocative Indian Journalist, Dies at 99
Posted in: UncategorizedMr. Singh, a diplomat, journalist and a chronicler of the bloody sectarian strife in India, was also known for his wit and bawdy stories.
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Mar
21
Bloomberg Hints at Curb on Articles About China
Posted in: UncategorizedComments from the chairman of Bloomberg L.P. represent the starkest acknowledgment yet by a senior Bloomberg executive that the ambitions of the news division should be assessed in the context of the business operation.
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Mar
20
A Website Asks Readers to Finance Independent Journalists
Posted in: UncategorizedBeacon will be supporting writers with a $5-a-month fee, similar to a Netflix model.
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Mar
19
Pakistan Vows to Improve Journalists’ Freedom and Safety
Posted in: UncategorizedPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif said his government would investigate targeted violence, ease visa and travel limits, and review the expulsion of a reporter for The New York Times.
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Mar
19
CNN’s Ratings Surge Covering the Mystery of the Missing Airliner
Posted in: UncategorizedAnderson Cooper’s CNN show at 8 p.m. beat Bill O’Reilly’s highly rated show on Fox News three nights last week in the coveted audience aged 18 to 54. That was a first for CNN.
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Mar
18
Observer Goes Tabloid and Drops Pink
Posted in: UncategorizedThe change is the latest under Jared Kushner, a New Jersey real estate scion who bought The New York Observer in 2006.
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Mar
16
Media Decoder: Los Angeles Times Fires Writer of Articles on College
Posted in: UncategorizedThe newspaper said Occidental College had not been required to disclose the accusations of sexual abuse and that a reporter’s relationship with a source was improper.
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Mar
16
Undercover TV Reports on School Security Raise Ethical Questions
Posted in: UncategorizedSchool shootings have prompted efforts by news organizations in recent months to assess the effectiveness of safety measures, but some of these reports have gone disturbingly wrong.
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Mar
15
Bob Thomas, 92, Reporter at 66 Oscars
Posted in: UncategorizedMr. Thomas was ubiquitous in Hollywood, covering its stars and moguls from 1944 to 2010 for The Associated Press, and writing a number of biographies about them, as well.
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Mar
14
Russia Moves Swiftly to Stifle Dissent Ahead of Secession Vote
Posted in: UncategorizedWith the implicit threat of force, the Kremlin has succeeded in stifling dissent in the Crimean Peninsula, recreating the constrained conditions of Russia’s own civic sphere.
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Mar
14
In Cambodia, Voicing the Struggle
Posted in: UncategorizedMam Sonando, described by his supporters as Cambodia’s only truly independent radio broadcaster, says he is fighting to “protect people who have been victimized.”
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Mar
13
Russian Website Is Reined In Over Article on Ukrainian
Posted in: UncategorizedA popular independent online news site, Lenta.ru, got a warning from the government about its Ukraine coverage, and then a new editor.
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Mar
13
Afghan Militant Group Declares Itself Reporter’s Killer
Posted in: UncategorizedA little-known Islamist militant group said it was behind the killing of Nils Horner in Kabul, claiming he was a spy for Britain.
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Mar
12
Theories Grow Without Facts on Lost Flight
Posted in: UncategorizedOn news programs and in chat rooms, aviation experts and the less informed tried to explain how a modern jet like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 could disappear without a trace.
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Mar
12
Bill McLaughlin, CBS News Correspondent, Dies at 76
Posted in: UncategorizedIn a 27-year television career, he covered the shooting of Pope John Paul II and conflicts in the Middle East and Vietnam, among other pivotal events.
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