Mark Hurd Stepping Down from News Corp. Board
3:14 PM 8/31/2010
The fallout continues for Mark Hurd. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO is stepping down from News Corp.'s board of directors.
Washington Post Takes Hard Line on Twitter Prankster
1:52 PM 8/31/2010
The immediacy of social media is a hazard for some old-school journalists like Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise, who posted a phony news story on Twitter to demonstrate how easy it is to start rumors there. Now he's been suspended from his job for a month.
As the talent drain at Newsweek continues, the nagging question remains: Who can turn this around? It won't be former New Yorker editor Tina Brown.
An overhaul of Chatroulette.com, the faddish video chatting site, has failed to solve its central issue: the tendency of users to expose themselves.
Google and AP Break Impasse, Reach New Hosting Agreement
2:15 PM 8/30/2010
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.
The Most and Least Honest Pundits (Hint: Don't Believe Glenn Beck)
9:00 AM 8/27/2010
Thanks to PolitiFact.com, the Pulitzer Prize-winning website, it's possible to see which political pundits are sticking to the truth and which are making it up. George Will gets high marks; Glenn Beck, not so much.
Actor and humorist Harry Shearer, who made a new documentary about the man-made disaster that was Hurricane Katrina, says the media's coverage of the catastrophe was largely "grandstanding and showboating." There are exceptions, though.
Stossel Defamation Ruling Gives Shirley Sherrod a Legal Leg to Stand On
12:45 PM 8/25/2010
A federal court ruled to allow a defamation case against news man John Stossel to move forward. The case neatly parallels the tribulations endured by Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod earlier this summer and could provide a strong foundation for her to pursue a defamation suit of her own against blogger Andrew Breitbart.
E5 Global Media Courting Writer Michael Wolff as Editorial Director?
12:00 PM 8/25/2010
Former Conde Nast executive Richard Beckman, who's been hiring big-name editors for his trade magazine group, may be courting Rupert Murdoch biographer and professional gadfly Michael Wolff for an editorial director position.
Why Media Matters Should Stop Picking on Fox News (This Time)
6:00 PM 8/24/2010
Should Fox News have to give up its seat in the White House briefing room because of ideological bias? That's what the liberal group Media Matters is saying. But is this issue really worth all the hubbub?
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