Pirates kill four in Nigeria
Pirates shot and killed a retired naval officer and three Joint Military Task Force personnel in the waters of Nigeria, officials said. An unidentified civilian was also killed in Tuesday's ...
View ArticleEvening Standards TV channel to blend news with London-themed content
The Lebedevs' new Evening Standard TV channel will attempt to lure Londoners with an eclectic mix of programming including four hours-a-day of news, live coverage of West End shows and events ...
View ArticleNewspaper report Flint native Sam Riddle fully free in time for Kilpatrick...
Flint native Sam Riddle is out of prison - just in time for a verdict in ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's public corruption trial, the Detroit Free Press is ...
View ArticleA Former Editor of Vice Would LIke to Offer A Sincere Apology
, the magazine he'd edited for 8 years, he enrolled in a course of study of Ancient Greek because, as he said, "It seemed like a good thing to do." He's also the kind of person ...
View ArticleHome Burglars Who Targeted Newspaper Subscribers On Vacation Hit Los Angeles...
(Photo: Wikipedia) A rash of burglaries in California that started with break-ins of homes of Los Angeles Times subscribers who were on vacation has now spread to the Bay Area under similar ...
View ArticlePostal Service Plans to End Saturday Mail Delivery by August
by: Ed O'Keefe | The Washington Post The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service plans to stop delivering mail on Saturdays starting Aug. 1, the agency is set to announce Wednesday. ...
View ArticleHow Bauers purchase of Planet Rock may affect Kerrang
purchase of Planet Rock gives it a digital leg-up in its battle with rival Global Radio but may cast doubt on the future of one of its other rock brands, ...
View ArticleOBrien Newspaper article reached crescendo of nastiness
Lawyers for the Irish Daily Mail are questioning businessman Denis O'Brien as to whether he believes the newspaper "deliberately tried to get him".The Digicel chairman is suing the ...
View ArticleSounds Of Silence Weekly Science Sections In Newspapers Drop From 95 In 1989...
Thank goodness an understanding of science is not more important in people’s lives today than it was in 1989. Actually, the situation is even worse than those numbers indicate. They are really ...
View ArticleNews International rushes to settle phone-hacking claims ahead of hearing
Nigel Lythgoe, the TV producer behind American Idol, is one of eight new claimants who have launched actions against News International over phone hacking. Photograph: Katherine Rose for the ...
View ArticleJohn Malone – Darth Vader prepares to resume battle with Rupert Murdoch
John Malone 's penchant for stitching together multi-billion pound deals in the byzantine world of the US cable industry led former US vice president Al Gore to nickname him "Darth ...
View ArticleCourt Rules in Favor of NYPD Times Cant Have Addresses of Handgun-License...
by: Dana Rubinstein | Capital New York Today, an appellate court ruled against the New York Times in a suit about gun permits, and public access to an electronic database containing the ...
View ArticleDaily News is Coming Home Nearly
by: Matt Chaban | Crain's New York Business The Daily News is coming back to Manhattan. The paper, which was washed out of its offices at 4 New York Plaza downtown by Superstorm Sandy, and ...
View ArticleNew Nevada Appeal Editor Sandford from Washington
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Brian Sandford, a former editor and reporter at newspapers in Oregon, Washington, Iowa and Florida, has been named the new editor of the Nevada Appeal.Mark Raymond, publisher of ...
View ArticleEditors agree with Markandey Katju slam govt ‘blackmail’
Katju told TOI that he had received a very large number of complaints from newspapers about advertising being drastically reduced or stopped altogether without any explanation after articles critical ...
View ArticleN.J. Judge Orders Local Blogger to Defend Journalist Status
by: Lilly Chapa | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press A New Jersey Superior Court judge recently ordered a blogger to defend her status as a journalist and explain why the state's ...
View ArticleWhy Mom-and-Pops Will No Longer Pay for ‘Social Media Management’
by: Julie Brooks | Street Fight Mag I own a digital media company that operates a network of local news and niche websites on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. We sell advertising, web design, and ...
View ArticleChina Urged to Take Tough Stance if N. Korea Conducts Nuclear Test
An editorial in a prominent semi-official Chinese newspaper is urging China's government to take a tough stance against North Korea if Pyongyang follows through on its threat to conduct a third ...
View ArticleMotorcycle sales rose in 2012
U.S. motorcycle sales made solid gains in 2012, but remained below peak years, the Motorcycle Industry Council said. Sales rose 2.6 percent to 452,386 motorcycles, which includes dual purpose, ...
View ArticleLawyers Teen sex tapes not a crime
Charging teenagers with as criminals for mixing "libido, alcohol and video" is disproportionate to the offense, a Virginia lawyer says. Three teenagers, two 16 and one 15, have been ...
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