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UK tabloid owner says hacking probe damaging newspapers

Daily Express owner Richard Desmond, one of Britain's most controversial media barons, condemned the official inquiry into media standards on Thursday as "the worst thing" to happen to newspapers.

The New York Times increases its price by 50 cents, but not for Sunday editions

The price of The New York Times has gone up by 50 cents. On New York City newsstands, the Times now costs $2.50 for the Monday through Saturday editions. That’s the same price printed on its newspapers sold across the country.

Killing of bin Laden voted top news story of 2011

DAVID CRARY My Way News 12/18/2011

J.K. Rowling chased from home by press, she says

Richard Allen Greene CNN 11/24/2011
Killing of bin Laden voted top news story of 2011

The killing of Osama bin Laden during a raid by Navy SEALs on his hideout in Pakistan was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan's earthquake/tsunami/meltdown disaster, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors.

J.K. Rowling chased from home by press, she says

Paparazzi hounded "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling so constantly after her children were born that she felt like a hostage in her own house, she told a government-backed inquiry into British press ethics and practices Thursday.

Russian newsreader fired after Obama middle finger insult

A top Russian female newsreader who appeared to defiantly show US President Barack Obama her middle finger during a live newscast has been fired.

Arianna Huffington Loses Ruling In Fight Over HuffPo Ownership

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'

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

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.

New York Times Co.’s Boston Globe Begins Charging Readers for Web Access

New York Times Co. (NYT), publisher of the namesake newspaper, will announce today that it’s starting a new website to generate revenue from online readers of its Boston Globe newspaper.

Phone hacking: James Murdoch faces second grilling by MPs

James Murdoch is likely to be recalled to parliament to answer fresh questions after two former News of the World executives said on Tuesday they were certain Murdoch was told of an explosive email that indicated phone hacking at the paper went beyond one rogue reporter.


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