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Cablevision May Bid As Much As $650 Million For Newsday

Posted by Wall Street Journal on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, News Corp, Tribune Co., Newspapers, Wall Street Journal, Business

By Vishesh Kumar and Sam Schechner, Wall Street Journal
Cablevision’s bid could give the cable operator the lead in the auction of the newspaper.

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Most Papers Again Report Big Declines In Circulation

Posted by AP on 29 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Newspapers, Business

By AP
Almost every newspaper in the top 20 posted declines, according to figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

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Murdoch’s ‘Head of Content’

Posted by NY Times on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, News Corp, Media Freedom, Journalism, Rupert Murdoch, Newspapers, Wall Street Journal

By Tim Arango, NY Times
Robert Thomson has left a trail of happy reporters in his wake - at The Financial Times and The Times of London - he’s got his work cut out for him at The Wall Street Journal.

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Tribune Agrees To Sell Control Of Newsday To News Corp.

Posted by LA Times on 23 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, Newspapers

By Thomas S. Mulligan, LA Times
The $580-million transaction would further heighten Rupert Murdoch’s media profile in New York and give debt-laden Tribune much needed cash.

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USA Sees Drop In Number Of Newspaper Journalists

Posted by Press Gazette on 16 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Newspapers

By Jeffrey Blyth, Press Gazette
The new figures, released by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, reflects the attrition going on in the America media.

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Study Finds Editor-Reader Gap In News Sites

Posted by AP on 09 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Newspapers

By Anick Jesdanun, AP
Newspaper readers agree with editors on the basics of what makes good journalism, but they are more apt to want looser rules for online conversations.

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The Buzz On The Bus: Pinched, Press Steps Off

Posted by NY Times on 26 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Obama, Hillary, Journalism, Newspapers, 08 Election

By Jacques Steinberg, NY Times
The price for journalists to follow the presidential candidates around is too steep in an era in which newspapers in particular are slashing costs

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The Survival of Investigative Journalism

Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 25 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Journalism, Newspapers

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By Christine Russell, CJR
With less money, fewer reporters and the need to feed the twenty-four-hour news monster, will newspapers and magazines still be willing and able to invest in investigative projects that tackle the tough issues of mismanagement and malfeasance in their own backyards or in the world at large?

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Is the Newspaper Ombudsman More or Less Obsolete?

Posted by Ad Age on 24 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Newspapers

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By Simon Dumenco, Ad Age
Five Reasons Why Having a ‘Public Editor’ at the Times and Other Papers No Longer Makes Much Sense.

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The Wall Street Journal’s Web site is already (secretly) free

Posted by Machinist on 21 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Rupert Murdoch, Newspapers, Wall Street Journal, Internet

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By Machinist
Late in January, Rupert Murdoch put an end to speculation that he would set free the Wall Street Journal’s subscription-only Web site.

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Tribune said to be in talks to sell Newsday

Posted by LA Times on 21 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, Newspapers, Business, Media

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By Thomas S. Mulligan, LA Times
News Corp. seeks to buy the Long Island newspaper as its owner tries to pare debt and posts a 78.8-million-dollar loss in the fourth quarter.

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Press Photos from Iraq: What Will History Say?

Posted by AP on 10 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Iraq War, Newspapers

By AP
When you close your eyes and think of Iraq, what do you see in your mind’s eye?

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Senators Seek To Cancel Easing Of Cross-Ownership

Posted by LA Times on 06 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Newspapers, Business, Licensing

By Jim Puzzanghera, LA Times
Tribune Co. and other companies with newspapers and broadcast stations in the same city are expected to fight legislation that seeks to invalidate a recent FCC ruling.

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Conrad Black Spends First Night In Jail

Posted by Agence France Press on 04 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Newspapers

By Agence France Press
The former Telegraph owner is serving out a six-and-a-half year term imposed for multi-million dollar fraud.

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How self-censorship works in the empire of Rupert Murdoch

Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 04 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Bias, News Corp, Journalism, Rupert Murdoch, Newspapers

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By Roy Greenslade, Guardian Unlimited
In the run-up to Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of Dow Jones, he went to great lengths to assure the staff of the Wall Street Journal that his editors are able to exercise editorial freedom. But, as we all know, editors are always aware that their freedom to edit relies on having an editorship.

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