2005-2014

WASHINGTON – Aaron Klein, WND's Jerusalem bureau chief, was prevented today from entering Syria, where he planned to interview officials from Syria, Lebanon and the U.S., as well as co-host ABC Radio's nationally syndicated "The John Batchelor Show," because, according to at least one official in the Syrian embassy, he's Jewish. Klein, an American citizen whose family has resided in the United...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Newspaper publishers predicted modest growth for next year at a pair of investor conferences Wednesday, as rising costs and a volatile advertising environment continue to cloud their prospects. However, companies like Gannett Co. and Belo Corp. that also own television stations said they expected to see benefits from the Winter Olympics and the upcoming elections next fall...

NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - Expect a somber mood Wednesday at the UBS Global Media Conference in New York City: It is newspaper day. At a confab sprinkled with presentations from executives at cable networks (like Time Warner Cable), advertising agencies (example: Universal McCann), satellite concerns (BSkyB and XM Satellite Radio) and technology hardware providers that make all this media possible...

It's come to this: A single wealthy investor is able to threaten the civic vitality of 32 American metropolitan areas by forcing the sale of their newspapers to new owners in order to satisfy his demand for larger profits. Because those higher returns almost certainly will come at the expense of investigative reporting, independence from advertisers and adequately staffed and skilled newsrooms...

Wikipedia, the open source online encyclopaedia, is to become a little less open - and, perhaps, a little better sourced - after a bruising encounter with a retired newspaper editor. The website that has spawned some 850,000 articles in English alone since its creation in 2001 has been forced to tighten up its submission rules to prevent unregistered users dipping in and adding complete rubbish...

Newspapers in Iran are both angry and cynical about the plane crash in Tehran on Tuesday in which over 100 people died. Commentators are scathing about the lack of adequate safety checks said to be a widespread issue in Iran. The fact that many journalists were among the dead adds piquancy to their comments. The moderate Mardom-Salari is convinced that nobody will be called to account for the...

"In the United States, for example, increasingly, the practitioners of mainstream journalism are holders of post-graduate degrees, often with relevant first degrees in such disciplines as Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Science and Technology, Law and International Relations as well as Linguistics and Religions. In recent weeks, intense public debate in the global Ghanaian, and African...

NEW YORK, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Political lobbying group MoveOn, best known for efforts to unseat U.S. President George W. Bush in the 2004 election, protested job cuts in American newsrooms on Wednesday, saying it would stifle good journalism. At a media conference in New York, the group delivered a petition with 45,000 signatures to executives of newspaper publisher Tribune Co.(TRB.N: Quote, Profile...

When is making 20 to 30 percent profit not enough? When the stock price of the company making it is too low to satisfy the firm's major shareholders. Profit, which used to be the measure of business success, has taken a back seat to share price, even if it means the destruction of the company. That is what happened to America's second-largest newspaper chain, Knight Ridder. Private Capital...

BusinessWeek has announced that it will reposition its approach to global markets – it starts with the discontinuation of its European and Asian editions. A greater emphasis will be placed on providing online news, analysis and information and on developing local language publications while maintaining a single flagship print product, a press release issued by the ccompany said on Wednesday...