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Woodward, Tenet Form Perfect Storm
of Ego

Whine over who wronged whom

May 15, 07 7:23 PM CDT
(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... More »

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CIA • George Tenet • news • Bob Woodward • reporter

Katie's Ratings Flatline

Some doubt if viewers are ready for a woman anchor.

May 14, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Thomson Aims to Buy Reuters

May 9, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Web Muckrakers Fight Corruption in China

Freelance journalists hired by citizens stay one step ahead of censors

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 »

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

Users Revolt After Digg
Censors DVD Hackers

User-generated site pulls code,
loses cred, reverses course

May 2, 07 9:06 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Local TV Pushes Fake Medical News

Hospital-produced promos are passed
off as news reports by local stations

Apr 25, 07 8:51 AM CDT
(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.... More »

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advertising • hospitals • local news • news • journalism

Newsrooms Pull Cho Video

Apr 20, 07 6:21 AM CDT
(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 »

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

Gunman Mails Manifesto

Apr 19, 07 6:01 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Geffen, Zell
Talk Deal
For LA Times

Geffen wants it; Zell has $13 billion in debt to pay down

Apr 5, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Tribune Saddled With Daunting Debt

New owner must repay $12 billion
with declining revenues

Apr 4, 07 8:53 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

225 Days Later,
Blogger Walks

Joshua Wolf freed
after turning over protest video to feds

Apr 4, 07 8:28 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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

Old News Rules in New China    

Communist propaganda is alive and well in world's fastest-growing economy

Mar 23, 07 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just about the only Western consumer product the Chinese aren't buying these days is news:  they're clinging tenaciously to their stodgy, state-run nighty news program, where not even the hairstyles have changed in decades. More »

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China • television • communism • propaganda • consumer • news • journalism

News Wars

PBS takes on the future of news

Mar 19, 07 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - From “infosnacking” to “hyperlocal” news, there is a whole new terminology describing the evolution of news, particularly the move to online news.  The PBS show Frontline has developed a four-part series that examines the ‘News Wars’ taking place all around us.  More »

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television • media • radio • Internet • newspaper • news • Frontline • news distribution • online news • journalism

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