Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

September 6, 2008 11:08:01 AM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

Stories related to: news

Stories

Stories 21 - 38 of 38

<< Prev 1 2
  • June 2007

    • Mogul's Interest In Journal Is No Passing Fancy

      New York Times  |  Jun 25, 07 8:16 AM CDT

      Mogul's Interest In Journal Is No Passing Fancy

      (Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's bid for Dow Jones may have seemed to come out of nowhere, but the Australian media mogul has had his eye on the Wall Street Journal for years. In three decades in the States, Murdoch has made his mark in news, entertainment, and, of course, politics. The Times takes the measure of an impressive set of tentacles. More »

      Tags

      Dow Jones  • Rupert Murdoch  • media  • Wall Street Journal  • acquisitions  • buyout  • news

    • Another Player Joins Competition for Dow Jones

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 15, 07 5:40 PM CDT

      Another Player Joins Competition for Dow Jones

      (Newser) - Another would-be Dow Jones suitor emerged this afternoon: Pearson, which publishes the Financial Times. In a media-company-news hall of mirrors, the Wall Street Journal reports that Pearson is searching for partners in its "longshot" bid and has approached Hearst and GE; the FT reports that its parent company has "sounded out" GE, which owns CNBC. More »

      Tags

      Dow Jones  • Rupert Murdoch  • media  • News Corp  • Wall Street Journal  • news  • Bancroft family  • CNBC  • Financial Times  • Pearson

    • Rather's 'Tart' Comment makes CBS Chief Sour

      Breitbart  |  Jun 12, 07 10:10 PM CDT

      Rather's 'Tart' Comment makes CBS Chief Sour

      (Newser) - CBS chief Leslie Moonves returned fire on Dan Rather today, calling his criticism of Katie Couric "sexist."  In a telephone interview with MSNBC Monday, Rather had accused his unsuccessful successor of taking the nightly news and "dumbing it down, tarting it up." Rather cited Couric for playing up celebrities at the cost of war coverage. More »

      Tags

      television  • CBS  • news  • Katie Couric  • Leslie Moonves  • Dan Rather

  • May 2007

    • Times Honcho on the Mend After Truck Accident

      New York Observer  |  May 30, 07 10:36 AM CDT

      Times Honcho on the Mend After Truck Accident

      (Newser) - The New York Times managing editor for news headed home yesterday after three weeks in the hospital recovering from injuries suffered when she was hit by a truck. Jill Abramson, who has a broken femur and fractured hip, tells the New York Observer that she still must undergo “an intensive course of physical therapy to re-learn to walk.” More »

      Tags

      accident  • New York Times  • injury  • news  • car accident

    • Page Six Fallout May Hurt Murdoch

      New York Times  |  May 21, 07 12:45 PM CDT

      Page Six Fallout May Hurt Murdoch

      (Newser) - Shenanigans at the New York Post may mean trouble for Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones bid, David Carr writes in today's Times. The tales of sex, lies, and bribery spicing up Page Six are normal fare for the gossip standby, but the fact that they're about the Post itself may not sit well with the owners of the Wall Street Journal. More »

      Tags

      business  • Dow Jones  • Rupert Murdoch  • Wall Street Journal  • newspaper  • news  • New York Post  • Page Six

    • Woodward, Tenet Form Perfect Storm of Ego

      New Yorker  |  May 15, 07 7:23 PM CDT

      Woodward, Tenet Form Perfect Storm of Ego

      (Newser) - Once upon a time, former CIA director George Tenet and superstar political reporter Bob Woodward were friendly, but now they're locked in an ego battle too degrading to produce any winners. The New Yorker this month gives each space to snipe at the other and explores what the whinefest means for their careers. More »

      Tags

      CIA  • news  • reporter  • George Tenet  • Bob Woodward

    • Katie's Ratings Flatline

      New York Times  |  May 14, 07 8:19 AM CDT

      Katie's Ratings Flatline

      (Newser) - Katie Couric, as always, is upbeat, but her ratings are undeniably dismal: “CBS Evening News” numbers have dropped lower than they've been since the Nielsens began measuring audiences with “people meters” 20 years ago, the New York Times  reports. The 8-month-old show is an even-more-distant third than its predecessor. More »

      Tags

      television  • CBS  • news  • journalist  • reporter  • news anchor  • Katie Couric  • audiences

    • Thomson Aims to Buy Reuters

      Globe and Mail  |  May 9, 07 8:00 AM CDT

      Thomson Aims to Buy Reuters

      (Newser) - Thomson, the Canadian publishing company, is poised to buy Reuters, the global news and information agency, the Globe and Mail reports. The timing of the takeover, which values Reuters at $17.7 billion, appears a response to Rupert Murdoch's proposed purchase of Dow Jones, but sources say they have been in talks with Reuters for months.  More »

      Tags

      Dow Jones  • Rupert Murdoch  • news  • stock  • Reuters  • Thomson

    • Web Muckrakers Fight Corruption in China

      Washington Post  |  May 2, 07 2:38 PM CDT

      (Newser) - A new breed of journalist is evolving out of China’s censored media: the web-based hired gun. The Washington Post reports on freelance muckrakers who investigate corruption the mainstream press can't touch and post the results on their sites. They're paid—if meagerly—by the aggrieved parties. More »

      Tags

      China  • Internet  • media  • corruption  • journalism  • censorship  • blog  • news  • blogging  • press

    • Users Revolt After Digg Censors DVD Hackers

      iTWire  |  May 2, 07 9:06 AM CDT

      Users Revolt After Digg Censors DVD Hackers

      (Newser) - Web 2.0 blogs are rushing to declare Digg dead, after a night in which the site's main page was saturated with its own obituaries. The web's most popular user-generated news site prompted a mutiny by removing posts revealing how to crack encrypted DVDs and HDs. Digg said the illegal posts put the site's survival at risk. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • blog  • news  • Web 2.0  • online news  • Digg

  • April 2007

    • Local TV Pushes Fake Medical News

      Columbia Journalism Review  |  Apr 25, 07 8:51 AM CDT

      Local TV Pushes Fake Medical News

      (Newser) - TV stations across America broadcast fake medical news stories that are really ads produced by providers to tout their new techniques and procedures, according to an investigation by the Columbia Journalism Review . “I kick, scream, and fight, and make them as journalistically ethical as possible," says one reporter. "It makes me sick.” More »

      Tags

      advertising  • journalism  • news  • hospitals  • local news

    • Newsrooms Pull Cho Video

      Associated Press  |  Apr 20, 07 6:21 AM CDT

      Newsrooms Pull Cho Video

      (Newser) - Fox News vowed to stop playing the disturbed, invective-laden video made by Virginia Tech shooter Seung Cho after a backlash from viewers—especially the victims' families—against its endless airing yesterday. Other networks said they would  “severely limit” the tape. More »

      Tags

      NBC  • Fox  • Virginia Tech shootings  • news  • Seung-Hui Cho

    • Gunman Mails Manifesto

      MSNBC  |  Apr 19, 07 6:01 AM CDT

      Gunman Mails Manifesto

      (Newser) - Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui took a time out from his murder spree to mail a macabre package of videos, photographs and a delusional diatribe to NBC News. The images, posted between the dorm shootings and the carnage at Norris Hall, show him in combat gear, wielding the guns used in the massacre. More »

      Tags

      NBC  • school shooting  • Virginia Tech shootings  • news  • Seung-Hui Cho

    • Geffen, Zell Talk Deal For LA Times

      Washington Post  |  Apr 5, 07 3:13 PM CDT

      Geffen, Zell Talk Deal For LA Times

      (Newser) - David Geffen wants to get his hands on the LA Times, and he's optimistic that he may yet succeed after talking to Sam Zell, the feisty real estate mogul who bought the Tribune Company Monday. The two discussed both a spin-off and a joint venture partnership, sources close to the negotiations told the Post. More »

      Tags

      Los Angeles  • Chicago  • media  • newspaper  • news  • Tribune Company  • Sam Zell  • Los Angeles Times  • Ron Burkle  • Eli Broad  • David Geffen

    • Tribune Saddled With Daunting Debt

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 4, 07 8:53 AM CDT

      Tribune Saddled With Daunting Debt

      (Newser) - Sam Zell 's bid for the Tribune Co. beat back his well-heeled rivals, but it saddled an already struggling enterprise with over $12 billion in debt. Now the Wall Street Journal wonders how he expects to pay it back. The likely annual interest fees alone will reach $1 billion, only slightly less than the company's entire annual cash flow. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • Chicago  • business  • newspaper  • news  • Sam Zell

    • 225 Days Later, Blogger Walks

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Apr 4, 07 8:28 AM CDT

      225 Days Later, Blogger Walks

      (Newser) - Joshua Wolf, the blogger who set a record for time served by an American journalist for withholding information, was freed from a federal prison yesterday after 224 days. Wolf was released after he posted footage of a 2005 anarchist protest on his Web site and gave a copy to reporters, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • California  • prison  • blog  • news  • journalist  • blogging

  • March 2007

Stories 21 - 38 of 38

<< Prev 1 2

Today's Most Popular

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.

Learn more »