Media

Arianna Huffington Loses Ruling In Fight Over HuffPo Ownership

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:00:00 -0400

Two politicos who sued Arianna Huffington and her partner for stealing their idea for the Huffington Post will get to go forward after a New York judge refused to throw out the lawsuit.

News Corp sets up hotline for staff to report 'illegal activity'

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:19:00 -0400

Journalists at News International (NI) and other staff in Rupert Murdoch's media empire have been told to call a hotline to report suspicious colleagues in a fresh clampdown on corruption and other illegal activities.

Microsoft, Red Cross and UN sucked into global news fixing row

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:35:00 -0400

Microsoft has been sucked into the row surrounding a London-based media company currently under investigation by broadcasters for making editorial programmes without declaring it had a commercial relationship with some of those it featured.

Los Angeles Times wins APME First Amendment award

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:53:00 -0400

The Los Angeles Times won the Associated Press Media Editors First Amendment Sweepstakes Award on Thursday for "Grading the Teachers," a groundbreaking analysis of public school test scores that showed good teachers make a measurable difference in the classroom but often go unrecognized and unrewarded.

News Corp execs think James Murdoch may leave

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:49:00 -0400

News Corp's senior management is starting to think about what the company might do if James Murdoch stepped aside, sources inside and close to the global media empire said.

News International's chief executive Rebekah Brooks and The Wall Street Journal publisher Les Hinton quit over phone ...

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:22:00 -0400

The crisis rattling Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire claimed the two highest-level executives yet yesterday after days of mounting pressure from politicians and investors on two continents.

News Corporation Withdraws Bid For BSkyB

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:50:00 -0400

News Corporation has withdrawn its bid for BSkyB after deciding it could not continue in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.

KCET-TV is heading to Burbank

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:39:00 -0400

The show is over for KCET-TV in Los Angeles. On Monday officials said the independent television station is headed to Burbank, moving to new headquarters at the Pointe, a 14-story office tower on Alameda Avenue.

Tribune restructures media services unit

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:59:00 -0400

Tribune Co., the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other daily newspapers, announced a restructuring of its Tribune Media Services group on Monday. Changes include the departure of the group's president and CEO, David Williams.

NY Times and LA Times each win two Pulitzer Prizes

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:57:00 -0400

The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times each won two coveted Pulitzer Prizes for journalism on Monday, and for the first time no award was given for breaking news coverage.

CNN Reporter Likens FOX News Correspondent To Dictator

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:18:00 -0400

"When you come to somewhere like Libya, you expect lies and deceit from the dictatorship here. You don't expect it from the other journalists," CNN international correspondent Nic Robertson said of a FOX News reporter who claimed the Libyan government is using media outlets, including CNN, as human shields against attacks.

BBC World Service to sign funding deal with US state department

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:28:00 -0400

The BBC World Service is to receive a "significant" sum of money from the US government to help combat the blocking of TV and internet services in countries including Iran and China.

Senior journalist implicated in hacking scandal: BBC

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:46:00 -0400

The ongoing newspaper phone-hacking scandal intensified Monday after the BBC's Panorama programme accused a former senior journalist of hiring a private eye to illegally obtain army secrets.

Internet will soon be top choice to get news in America as it overtakes newspapers for first time

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:46:00 -0400

The rapid growth of smartphones and electronic tablets is making the internet favourite for people seeking news, a report released today said.

AOL Lays Off 20% Following Huffington Purchase

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:55:00 -0500

AOL said it would lay off 1,000 employees on Thursday in the wake of its acquisition of news and commentary site The Huffington Post.

Pulitzer Prize-winning David Broder, 81, dies; set 'gold standard' for political journalism

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:23:00 -0500

David S. Broder, 81, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and one of the most respected writers on national politics for four decades, died Wednesday at Capital Hospice in Arlington of complications from diabetes.

Video Kills the Radio Czar: CEO Is Second NPR Executive to Resign Following Activist's Sting Operation.

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:23:00 -0500

The head of National Public Radio quit under fire as the organization became ensnared in a fresh scandal at a time when Congress is debating whether to pull its government funding.

Hugh Hefner Takes Playboy Private

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:50:00 -0500

An investor group led by Playboy Enterprises founder Hugh Hefner on Friday closed its $207 million buyout of the adult entertainment firm, giving the group full control of the firm and taking Playboy private. 