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Is Twitter the news outlet for the 21st century?
Posted by AP on 02 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: News, CNN, Journalism, Internet, Twitter
Q2 Cable Ratings: FNC Dominance; Up Across the Board; 10 Top Shows
Posted by Media Bistro on 01 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, Journalism, Television, Cable, Bill O'Reilly, Markets
| By Media Bistro Cable ratings show Fox reigns supreme over other news networks. |
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The Corporate Media Circus: The Truth Alone Will Not Set You Free
Posted by Truth Dig on 01 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: News, Bias, Ownership, North America, Commentary, Journalism, Agenda Cutting
The modern world has become a world where lies become true. And facts alone will be powerless to thwart the mendacity spun out through billions of dollars in corporate advertising, lobbying and control of traditional sources of information.
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Why the New York Times Co. Will Be in Business Until at Least 2012
Posted by Ad Age on 29 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, North America, New York Times, Journalism, Newspapers
| By Nat Ives and Bradley Johnson, Ad Age Revolving credit facility due date looms, but Sulzbergers should be able to retain control. |
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Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer: Traditional media will not bounce back
Posted by MediaChannel on 25 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, North America, New Media, Newspapers
| By Mark Sweney, Guardian Steve Ballmer says the global advertising economy has been permanently “reset” at a lower level, warning that media companies should not plan for revenues to bounce back to pre-recession levels. |
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Fox News Labels Disgraced Republican Mark Sanford… A Democrat
Posted by MediaChannel on 25 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Bias, News Corp, Fox News, North America, Politics, Media Analysis
| By Logan Murphy, Crooks & Liars I think it’s just automatic now. When a high-profile Republican gets into trouble, Fox News steps in to mislead their viewers by labeling them as Democrats. |
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Tentative Settlement at The Boston Globe
Posted by The New York Times on 24 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, New York Times, Journalism, Advertising, Newspapers
| By Richard Perez-Pena, The New York Times The Boston Globe agrees to serious benefit cuts in order to reach an agreement. |
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Citizen journalism photo site makes mark from Iran
Posted by guardian.co.uk on 24 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, New York Times, New Media, facebook, Censorship, Internet, Media, Twitter
| By Kevin Anderson, Guardian Photos from Iranian citizen journalists make The New York Times cover. |
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NY Times Was Prepared to Pay Ransom for Abducted Reporter David Rohde
Posted by MediaChannel on 22 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, New York Times, Media Freedom, Middle East, Iraq War
| By Jeff Stein, CQ Politics The New York Times was prepared to pay Taliban kidnappers a $5 million ransom to free its reporter David S. Rohde, who escaped Friday after seven months of captivity. |
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Real-Time Criticism of CNN’s Iran Coverage
Posted by NY Times on 15 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, CNN, North America, Action, New Media, Middle East, Activism, Media Analysis
| By Brain Stelter, NY Times The performance of the US cable news, especially CNN, spawned an online protest by thousands showing that viewers can try to pressure news organizations about their coverage in real time via the Internet. |
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Skewed NY Times Coverage of Gitmo Detainees
Posted by MediaChannel on 15 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Bias, North America, VIDEO, New York Times, New Media, Iraq War, U.S. Military, propaganda, Twitter
On the Listening Post this week, The New York Times climb-down over Guantanamo, and the pursuit of journalism on Twitter.
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Conservatives Attack Shepard Smith, Call For His Firing
Posted by Gawker on 12 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Bias, News Corp, Fox News, North America, Politics, Journalism, Agenda Cutting
| By Gawker Well you just knew that Shepard Smith’s off the reservation intellectual honesty at Fox News would backfire - Conservatives are going after him, some demanding Fox fire him, for the heresy he committed by making comments critical of right wingers yesterday. |
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Potential Globe buyers emerge
Posted by MediaChannel on 12 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, North America, New York Times, Newspapers
| By Keith O’Brien & Beth Healy, Boston Globe Three Boston businessmen - a Boston Celtics owner, a former advertising mogul, and a member of the family that ran the Globe for generations - have emerged as prominent potential buyers of the Globe. |
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Times Co. seeks Globe bids
Posted by Boston Globe on 11 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, North America, New York Times, Newspapers
| By Keith O’Brien, Boston Globe Potential buyers say paper’s owner has hired firm to manage possible sale. Post includes video report. |
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Recession and free media expansion impact further on media consumption patterns, research shows
Posted by Media Week on 11 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Ownership
| By Alexandra Taylor, MediaWeek More than a quarter of consumers plan to reduce or cancel their satellite or cable TV subscriptions, according to the research, up from 15% six months ago. |
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