Girl Guides urge Sun to end Page 3
Girlguiding UK has written an open letter to the Sun urging the tabloid to "promote positive role models to inspire girls" and stop treating women as objects.The letter to Sun editor Dominic Mohan...
View ArticleApril 9 Royally roiled by RBC and other letters to the editor
Words fail me in trying to express my outrage that RBC is displacing Canadian workers with temporary foreign workers (Ottawa to Probe RBC Outsourcing - Report on Business, April 8).That a Canadian...
View ArticleNewspaper revenue good news bad news
, and with some reason, in the news that newspaper revenues declined only two percent in 2012, to $38.6 billion, from $39.5 billion the previous year. That’s indeed something to cheer about when you...
View ArticleCourt resumes hearings in Musharraf case
A Pakistani Supreme Court Tuesday heard more treason allegations against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf. 2006 file photo. (UPI Photo/Roger L. ...
View ArticleMargaret Thatchers death what the papers said
the Sun opting to break ranks with its brash splash "Maggie Dead in Bed at Ritz".The common approach across Fleet Street was to acknowledge Thatcher as a formidable and divisive politician whose...
View ArticleTelegraph shuts reader comments on Thatcher stories following abuse
The Telegraph website was singled out for abuse by Thatcher critics, forcing it to shut down all reader comments on stories about former prime ...
View ArticleMedia British tabloids and their Euromyths
The EU has ruled on the curves of cucumbers, forbidden hairdressers from wearing heels, and even financed a porn film. These urban legends about decisions taken in Brussels are as endless as they are...
View ArticleField Museum may be planning to sell rare books
CHI2000051804 - 18 MAY 2000 - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA: Patrons to the Field Museum get a look at "Sue" the Tyrannosaurus Rex at the Field Museum in Chicago, Thursday, May 18, 2000. fp/Frank Polich. ...
View ArticleStudent paper at UVA spreads rumor about dorm room searches on Twitter
The University of Virginia's student newspaper tweeted a false warning about randomized dorm searches that sent the campus into a tizzy. Students on Twitter began using the hash tag #UVAdormsearch...
View ArticlePossible retrial in Wisconsin abuse case
A Wisconsin man accused of starving and abusing his 15-year-old daughter might be retried on four abuse charges, prosecutors said. Chad Chritton, 41, was found guilty March 15 of felony neglect and not...
View ArticleSyria accuses U.N. of trying to expand chemical weapons investigation
The Syria government accused the United Nations of trying to broaden an investigation into an alleged chemical weapons attack in Aleppo province. The United Nations said it would send a mission to Khan...
View ArticleFire in Ventura County Calif. forces evacuations disrupts power
About 200 people were ordered to leave their homes as a wildfire moved through mountainside neighborhoods in Ventura County, Calif., officials said. Fire officials said no injuries were reported from...
View ArticleBomb scare at Italian newspaper
A parcel bomb was sent to the offices of Italian newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday but failed to detonate when opened, prompting an evacuation of the building as bomb disposal teams were deployed, the...
View ArticleNational Security Brief Iraqi Prime Minister Defends Assad In Top U.S. Newspaper
op-ed on Tuesday commemorating the 10 year anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki defended Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, arguing that the international...
View ArticleWashington Post Editors Get Mixed Up On Iran’s Nuclear Program
editorial in today’s Washington Post gives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu credit for the Iranian government’s decision to stop short of accumulating enough enriched uranium for a nuclear...
View ArticleDigital First Media’s John Paton on Newspapers and Paywalls
by: Mathew Ingram | gigaom.com A company with the name Digital First Media has a reputation to uphold when it comes to thinking about the future of publishing, and CEO John Paton didn’t disappoint in a...
View ArticleLe Monde Adds MapBox’s Open Source Maps to Its New Website to Highlight Where...
, one of France’s largest newspapers, has unveiled a brand new paid website and used MapBox’s interactive maps. Powered by its OpenStreetMaps technology, this is the first international partnership for...
View ArticleWomens Health leaves nasty taste with whore picture caption
Its front page tells readers "It's good to be you." But the latest issue of Women's Health magazine includes a rather less wholesome sentiment - a picture bearing the caption "Son, see that woman up...
View ArticleParcel bomb sent to Italian newspaper office - sources
MILAN (Reuters) - A parcel containing an explosive device was sent to the Turin offices of Italian newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday, investigative sources told Reuters. The device, consisting of a CD...
View ArticleOgden Group to Buy New Hampshire Paper
by: The Telegraph HUDSON – An agreement has been reached for The Ogden Newspapers Inc., a family-owned company with 40 daily newspapers in 12 states, to become the new owner ...
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