Bloomberg Executive Apologizes as New Leaks Surface
Bloomberg LP moves to repair damage to its reputation after a report said that more than 10,000 client messages containing sensitive pricing data had been leaked online.
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Bloomberg Probed Over Reporters' Access to Client Data
Bloomberg customers were examining whether there could have been leaks of confidential information, even as the media company restricted its reporters' access to client data.
Washington Post Latest Newspaper to Embrace Pay Walls
The Washington Post says it will begin selling digital subscriptions this summer, asking frequent visitors to pay a fee supporting the company's journalism.
Can Al Jazeera Capitalize on Its Newfound Popularity?
The Qatar-based network is getting international kudos for its coverage of the growing Middle East crisis. But acclaim and a growing audience don't yet equal profits and market share for Al Jazeera, which has almost certainly been losing money since its launch in 1996.
Breakingviews Scandal Leaves Reuters's Ambitions in Tatters
In a scandal that raises troubling questions about journalistic ethics in the Web era, writers for Breakingviews, a media property owned by Thompson Reuters, failed to disclose that they owned shares in companies they wrote about.
Google and AP Reach New Hosting Agreement
The world's biggest wire service and the leading search engine have worked out their differences. Google and the Associated Press have reached a new licensing deal that ensures the latter's content will be hosted on Google News for a long time to come.
Journalism Schools Face a Media Business in Turmoil
The University of Colorado at Boulder is planning dramatic changes for its journalism program, and J-schools across the country are facing a similar dilemma: How to train students to compete in an industry in constant upheaval?
USA Today Plans 130 Layoffs in Push Toward Mobile News
The nation's second-largest newspaper is planning to lay off 130 business and newsroom employees as part of an overhaul to de-emphasize the print edition and works to reach more readers and advertisers on mobile devices.
ESPN's Ohlmeyer Calls a Foul on LeBron's Decision
Plenty of observers were appalled by ESPN's hour-long special dedicated to James's announcement that he was going to the Miami Heat. But Don Ohlmeyer, the sports network's in-house referee on journalistic matters, is outraged.
Sumner Redstone Really Should Know Better
Viacom's chairman has deeply embarrassed himself and his company by trying to get a journalist to reveal his anonymous sources. Said Redstone in a voicemail to the writer: "You will be well rewarded and well protected."
Editor Steps Down at Troubled Forbes Magazine
William Baldwin announced Tuesday that he's taking a new job at the struggling business magazine as a writer. The move comes about two months after Forbes hired Lew Dvorkin as chief product officer, above Baldwin.
Hot Tweet: Photographers Feel Rights Threatened by BP
Photographers working in the Louisiana shoreline and in Texas are feeling threatened by new governmental rules and police actions.
When There's No Such Thing as 'Off the Record'
General Stanley McChrystal and journalist Dave Weigel both got fired recently for saying things in public they didn't expect to be quoted on. Did the journalists who quoted them do something wrong? It's hardly a simple question.
The Five-Minute Guide to News Corp.'s Scandals
It's truly touching to see how concerned the New York Post is about CNN's innocence following its hire of Eliot Spitzer. But while the Post looks out for CNN's soul, who's looking out for the Post's?