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NEWS ABOUT: Bill Keller

Bill Keller stories: 7 news summaries

Media Kept
Quiet on
Journalist's Kidnapping

Times convinced all to put reporter's safety first

Jun 21, 09 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Media outlets ranging from major newspapers to blogs agreed to stay quiet on the kidnapping of New York Times reporter David Rohde, who escaped Taliban captors Friday after seven months, out of fear for his safety, reports the Washington Post. Times executive editor Bill Keller decided sit on the story... More »

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Taliban • New York Times • kidnapping • journalism • Bill Keller • David Rohde

(Newser) - A reporter for the New York Times held by the Taliban for 7 months in the tribal regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan has escaped, the paper says. The Times kept David Rohde’s abduction secret out of concern for his safety and had been in sporadic contact with... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • New York Times • Bill Keller • tribal areas • prisoner • David Rohde

 Daily Show Tours 
 'Creaky Old Rag' NYT 

Correspondent compares paper to 'Colonial Williamsburg'

Jun 11, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Daily Show took a withering look at the state of the New York Times last night, comparing its newsroom to “Colonial Williamsburg,” Gawker reports. “Do you know they still make paper newspapers today?” Jason Jones asks viewers before interviewing Times staff. “Why is aged news... More »

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television • New York Times • Bill Keller • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jason Jones

Times Weighs 2 Pay Models for Web Content

One scenario is
'tricky;' the other will
get you a T-shirt

May 15, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times will decide how to charge users for its web content by the end of next month, the New York Observer reports. In his semi-annual newsroom meeting Wednesday, executive editor Bill Keller outlined two proposals the company is considering: a meter system based on word count or... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • Bill Keller • newspaper industry

 Journal Poaches 
 Times' Ad Dollars 

Expansion of coverage under Murdoch has lured high-end retailers to WSJ

Nov 21, 08 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are in an advertising war, and it appears the Journal is winning, Bloomberg reports. Notable accounts, particularly in the luxury market, are fleeing to the Times’ rival. “They’re definitely stealing advertising dollars,” one analyst said of the Journal,... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • advertising • Wall Street Journal • Bill Keller • print advertising • Robert Thomson • economic downturn

McCain Story Spurred Turmoil at Times

Editor pushed for better evidence of affair, irking reporters amid buzz

Feb 21, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Today’s New York Times bombshell alleging improper ties between John McCain and a lobbyist dropped only after three months of feuding between reporters who thought they’d “nailed” a story and the Gray Lady’s unsatisfied editor, the New Republic reports. One writer quit the paper over the... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • Matt Drudge • Whitewater • Bill Keller • Strom Thurmond • Vicki Iseman • Paula Jones • Jim Rutenberg • Marilyn Thompson • Stephen Labaton • David Kirkpatrick • Dean Baquet • Bob Bennett • Marc Santora

Times Staffer Slain in Baghdad

Reporter-interpreter becomes 110th journalist killed since 2003 US invasion

Jul 13, 07 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Iraqi reporter in the New York Times Baghdad bureau was shot and killed today on his way to work. Khalid Hassan, 23, is the second Iraqi Times employee and the 110th journalist killed in Iraq since 2003. Bureau chief John F. Burns described Hassan, a  4-year Times ... More »

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Iraq • New York Times • Baghdad • Iraq death toll • Iraqis killed • Bill Keller • John Burns • Khalid Hassan • journalists killed • Saidiya • Iraq war

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