China Appears Set to Force Times Reporter to Leave

Austin Ramzy would be the second Times correspondent obliged to leave mainland China in 13 months because of an unprocessed visa application.

    



The Media Equation: Ezra Klein Is Joining Vox Media as Web Journalism Asserts Itself

Mr. Klein’s departure from The Washington Post to Vox Media is just one more example of how digital publishing offers its own thing, not an additional platform for established news companies.

    



Former Interpreter for The Times Is Killed in Afghanistan

The former interpreter, Noor Ahmad Noori, was found beaten, stabbed and possibly suffocated on a roadside near Lashkar Gah, where he lived.

    

Chet Curtis, Half of Married News Team, Dies at 74

Mr. Curtis and his wife and co-anchor on WCVB, Channel 5, Natalie Jacobson, delivered the news nightly to Bostonians for 18 years before they split up.

    



Bits: Trove Is a Treasure for News Junkies

Graham Holdings, the company left after The Washington Post Company sold its namesake newspaper, is venturing back into news with a new curation and discovery app called Trove.

    



Talent Agency Specializing in TV News Is Acquired

With its acquisition of N. S. Bienstock, the United Talent Agency is adding more than 600 clients, including Bill O’Reilly and Robin Roberts.

    



For Christie and MSNBC, a Messy Divorce Plays Out in Public View

The improbable relationship between a governor with his eyes on the White House and a network determined to break into the top tier has curdled in a spectacularly public fashion.

    



The Media Equation: Publisher Struggles in Chase for Growth

Aaron Kushner, publisher of The Orange County Register, has been playing hardball against distressed competitors and lustily grabbing for a bigger footprint.

    



Michael Kinsley to Join Vanity Fair and Write a Monthly Column

Mr. Kinsley will write a monthly column for Vanity Fair, which is likely to cover “what I’ve written about most of the time: politics, in one form or another,” he said.

    



9 in Haiti Accused in Journalist Case

A judge in Port-au-Prince accused nine people, including friends of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, of having had a hand in the killing of the radio journalist Jean Dominique.

    

After Leaving Office, Bloomberg Is More Hands-On at Old Company

Michael R. Bloomberg’s dive back into the news side of Bloomberg L.P. has worried some that the division’s editorial independence could be called into question.

    



Washington Post and Politico Talk About a Rift

Top editors discussed columns by The Post’s media critic that criticize a reporter at Politico.

    



Snowden to Join Board of the Freedom of the Press Foundation

The foundation set up by Daniel Ellsberg, the Pentagon Papers leaker and a supporter of Edward J. Snowden, encourages publishing government secrets in the public interest.

    



World Briefing | Europe: Russia: American Journalist Is Barred

David Satter, an American journalist and the author of books on Russia and the Soviet Union, said he had been barred from the country by the Russian security services.

    



NBC’s News Unit Teams With Video Start-Up NowThis News

Working with the start-up is the latest part of NBC’s investment in keeping pace with the new ways that people consume news.

    



The Media Equation: Roger Ailes’s Permanent Pushback Campaign

Gabriel Sherman’s portrayal of the Fox News operation in his new book is hardly shocking, but it is not a pretty picture, and Mr. Ailes must know that.

    



New York Times Hires Bloomberg Reporter in China Controversy

Michael Forsythe left Bloomberg News in November after reports that the news agency did not publish an article over fears it would anger China.

    



In Scandal, Turkey’s Leaders May Be Losing Their Tight Grip on News Media

The Turkish government, which has frequently had journalists fired and even jailed, may be losing its grip on the news media, as a former ally turns and Internet influence abounds.

    



Gabriel Snyder, Former Editor of The Wire, Joins Mobile News Start-Up

Mr. Snyder has joined Inside.com, a start-up founded by the web entrepreneur Jason Calacanis.

    



Donald H. Forst, Feisty Newspaper Editor, Dies at 81

Mr. Forst was the former top editor of New York Newsday, The Village Voice and The Boston Herald.