US newspapers say they are under attack from China
There were growing fears about Chinese cyber attacks on Western media outlets last night after two of America's largest newspapers said Chinese hackers had infiltrated their computer systems. ...
View ArticleWarren Buffett’s firm buys Greensboro News Record newspaper in NC
Investment guru Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is still bullish about the future of newspapers -- some of them at least. ...
View ArticleShuttle coverage no easy task for editor
Those who heard the sound of Columbia plummeting to East Texas will never forget it. It was a loud whirling sound — eerie, unsettling and strange — followed by a boom. Some said they ...
View ArticleAsian newspapers turn to Spore app
Knorex CEO Justin Choo shows off the app, which will allow newspaper readers to obtain content such as 3-D images, video clips, photo galleries, product catalogues and contest forms on their ...
View ArticleFriday newspaper round-up Barclays Chinese manufacturing Jessops...
Fri 01 Feb 2013 LONDON (SHARECAST) - UK authorities are probing an allegation that Barclays loaned Qatar money to invest in the bank as part of its cash call at the height of the financial ...
View ArticleThe battle of the literary magazines
In a week that saw the 50th anniversary of the first edition of the New York Review of Books, the London flagship branch of Foyles hosted a discussion between representatives of literary journals ...
View ArticleThe Rogue Reporter recruits Prince Harry to embarrass tabloid editors
Daily Star reporter who has become the scourge of pop paper editors, is likely to irritate them even more with this eight-minute video.It is the debut of his video blog (vlog in the jargon) called ...
View ArticleEx-Banker Wins $95000 Libel Claim Against U.K.’s Mail Newspaper
by: Jeremy Hodges | Bloomberg Associated Newspapers Ltd. must pay a former director at the Bank of Scotland Plc 60,000 pounds ($95,000) in damages in a U.K. libel judgment after publishing ...
View ArticleFacebook Bans Ads from Pro-Gun Newspaper
by: Todd Starnes | Fox News Radio A suburban New York City newspaper known for its support of the Second Amendment, has been banned from purchasing Facebook ads, the paper’s editor ...
View ArticleDetective to be sentenced after trying to sell information to News of the World
April Casburn, who called the News of the World and spoke to a journalist about the new investigation into phone hacking. Photograph: Andrew ...
View ArticleSenior Met officer sentenced to 15 months for phone-hacking leak
April Casburn has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information about the Metropolitan police's phone-hacking inquiry Photograph: Stefan ...
View ArticleCorrupt British detective caged for selling leaks to Murdoch tabloid
(6 mins ago) A British counter-terrorism detective was jailed for 15 months for trying to sell information about a phone hacking investigation to the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World tabloid. ...
View ArticleFeb. 1 Stretched in India and other letters to the editor
India Still Baffled by Harper's Armoured SUV - front page, Jan. 31)? Assuming an average federal income tax of $10,000, about 100 - and unfortunately, that's not ...
View ArticleNorth Korea imposes martial law ahead of n-test Report
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has issued a secret order to put the country under martial law in preparation for a third nuclear test in its history, a South Korean newspaper reported. Kim Jong-un ...
View ArticleRumours rife about Bloomberg wanting to buyout New York Times
The irritating rumor that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to buy the New York Times just won't go away. The Post's Richard Johnson reported that the multibillionaire is not ready to ...
View ArticleJesse Pearson an Editor in His Third Act
In late 2010, Jesse Pearson was putting the finishing touches on his final issue as editor in chief of Vice magazine. The cover featured a photo of a car crash; the back page an image of James ...
View ArticleDetective sentenced in London hack case
A London police counter-terrorism officer was convicted of misconduct for offering to sell information and was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment. April Casburn, 53, became the first person ...
View ArticleNigerian leader charged in fuel scam bribe
Farouk Lawan, a Nigerian Parliament minister who led an inquiry into a fuel subsidy scam, was charged with corruption in connection with oil company bribes. Lawan, whose investigation last year ...
View ArticleIowa AP reporter and editor Melanie Welte dies
DES MOINES, Iowa -; Melanie Welte, a journalist at The Associated Press who for more than two decades wrote, edited and often directed the cooperative's breaking news report in Iowa, died ...
View ArticleRaleigh council considers nixing newspaper legal ads
Raleigh City Council members are looking to modernize how they get the word out about development hearings, possibly dropping newspaper ads.Raleigh is working on a sweeping revision to its ...
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