Minister calls for sacking of Observer columnist Burchill - and papers editor
her column on Sunday in which she attacked transsexuals.Lynne Featherstone, the international development minister who was once equalities minister, took to Twitter to denounce Burchill for her ...
View ArticleJan. 14 The relevance of teachers’ unions and other letters to the editor
Demonstrators in support of the Ontario Secondary School teachers Federation and against Bill 115 picket outside of The Old Mill Inn and Spa in Toronto on Jan. 8. (Tim Fraser /The Globe and ...
View ArticleWhy Can’t Bloggers and Journos Get Along NMX Recap
by: Peter C. Beller | Ebyline If there’s one thing we learned at the NMX conference in Las Vegas this week, it’s that the gulf between "new" and "old" media is ...
View ArticleClick Data from Associated Press Sponsored Tweets
by: Thomas Baekdal | baekdal.com Two days ago, the Associated Press announced that they had started selling sponsored tweets to Samsung. The Associated Press announced today that Samsung will ...
View ArticleTulisa denies newspaper report that she has quit The X Factor
ITV producers after discovering that fellow judge Nicole Scherzinger would be returning to the judging panel.A source was quoted saying, "Tulisa had a blazing row with producers when she found ...
View ArticleNewspaper reports slam China pollution
air pollution , which has blanketed parts of the country at dangerous levels in recent days, and one newspaper called for a re-think of a "fixation" ...
View ArticleHuman rights group seeks N. Korea inquiry
Navi Pillay is urging international investigations into human rights violations in North Korea. Pillay, with the backing of 40 international human rights groups, is urging the Japanese delegation -- ...
View ArticleGunmen Murder Anambra News Editor in Onitsha
From Odogwu Emeka Odogwu , Nnewi Ikechukwu Udendu, editor of Anambra News, a monthly newspaper based in Onitsha, Anambra state, was slain over the weekend by gunmen believed to be hired assassins, it ...
View ArticleLocal California News Site Sues County Sheriff
by: Hazel Sheffield | Columbia Journalism Review A local news site in Lake County, CA, is suing the sheriff there for discrimination. Elizabeth Larson and John Jensen, who started Lake County News ...
View ArticleEditors choice whiskey bars
A snapshot of San Diego's current bar scene includes two new places that emphasize the distilled spirit. There's a whiskey standby with an unbelievable selection. And cocktologists are ...
View ArticleSupreme Court Will Not Hear R.I. Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider Rhode Island's request that it overturn an appellate ruling that the state hand over a homicide suspect. Gov. Lincoln Chafee had asked the high court ...
View ArticleFuneral Friday for Jim Fox newspaper columnist
A funeral service for Jim Fox, longtime newspaper columnist, will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Zion United Methodist Church, 1603 Union Road in south St. Louis County. Visitation at the church will ...
View ArticleL.A. County Coroner Changes Natalie Woods Cause of Death After Decades of...
This Jan. 17, 1979, file photo, shows actress Natalie Wood. A new report Monday Jan. 14, 2013, shows coroner's officials amended Natalie Wood's death certificate based on unanswered ...
View ArticleNewspaper files suit against Furlong suit
1/14/2013 The Georgia Straight Newspaper has filed a Statement of Defence against the 2010 Winter Olympic Chief's defamation lawsuit. The Publisher of a September 2012 expose on John ...
View ArticleScottish newspapers suffer steep sales falls
Scotland .According to the circulation figures for December 2012 compared to December 2011, there were dramatic year-on-year falls for all the country's main newsprint titles. And the story was ...
View ArticleTeen newspaper L.A. Youth to cease printing after 25-year run
The issue of L.A. Youth intended to mark 25 years of the newspaper produced for teens by teens will also be the end of its run. The newspaper -- printed six times a year and distributed in schools ...
View ArticleNew York Senator Blames Newspapers Gun Map for Local Burglary
by: Amar Toor | The Verge A Republican state senator from New York is blaming a controversial handgun map for the recent burglary of a gun owner's residence in White Plains. According to ...
View ArticleIdle No More Protesters Accuse Calgary Sun Newspaper Of Racism
by: The Huffington Post Alberta The Calgary Sun found itself in the difficult position of being the newsmaker when Idle No More protesters staged a demonstration to accuse the publication of ...
View ArticleSunday Times faces substantial damages bill for Prince Albert of Monaco article
Prince Albert of Monaco has accepted a high court apology and damages from the Sunday Times over "seriously defamatory allegations" that he had entered a sham marriage with Charlene ...
View ArticleThe Guardian audio edition 15 January 2013
Read the article here o Audiobook reviews of Christopher Priest's The Islanders and Daniel Defoe's classic, Robinson Crusoe.o The Guardian audio edition is supported by Audible.co.uk. To ...
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