2005-2014

The Pulitzer Prize Board announced Wednesday that newspapers may submit online material as well as print content in all 14 of its journalism categories, starting with the 2006 competition. PULITZER ONLINE: "The board believes it has taken a significant step in recognition of the widening role of online journalism at newspapers," said Sig Gissler, administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes. "The board...

NEW YORK (AP) - Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, said advertising linage at its flagship publication jumped 8.7 percent in November, as gains in classified and general ads boosted results. The Wall Street Journal, the nation's second-largest newspaper, posted a 34.3 percent gain in classified advertising, driven by an increase in real estate and other classified ads. Linage...

NEW YORK: Carl Icahn's assault on Time Warner has produced its first casualty - however unintended it may have been. Robert Clark, who had been a director of both Time Warner and Lazard, the investment bank advising Icahn, said Tuesday that being on both sides was untenable and resigned from Lazard. Ever since Lazard announced last week that it had signed on to advise Icahn, Clark's role on both...

LOS ANGELES -- Time Warner Inc. is in discussions about finding a partner to boost advertising revenue at its America Online unit _ but AOL is not for sale, Chief Executive Dick Parsons said Tuesday. "We are not interested in selling AOL," Parsons said at a press briefing before a speech in Los Angeles. Time Warner is negotiating with different parties about a deal that could help AOL's transition...

The Los Angeles Times will close its San Fernando Valley plant and consolidate production at other facilities, eliminating 110 jobs, the newspaper said. The cuts will be made from "across the newspaper's production facilities," the Times said in a statement Monday. Most will be through a voluntary separation program, the newspaper said. The Times is owned by Tribune Co., the Chicago-based media...

A Swedish journalist who was released after four years from an Eritrean prison for demanding press freedom in the east African country last month has been imprisoned again. Dawit Isaak, who holds dual Swedish and Eritrean citizenships, was unexpectedly released on November 19, but was sent back to prison two days later for unknown reasons, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a

The New York Times Company (NYTCO) announced Tuesday updated full-year 2005 guidance and its outlook for 2006. Later this month, the company plans to provide earnings guidance on the fourth quarter of 2005. NYTCO also announced Tuesday that in November 2005 advertising revenues for the company's business units increased 5.8 per cent and total company revenues increased 3.1 per cent compared to...

MIRANSHAH, Dec 6: Authorities in North Waziristan have not been able to trace the whereabouts of a local journalist who was kidnapped on Monday. Speaking to a delegation from the Tribal Union of Journalists on Tuesday, North Waziristan’s political agent Zaheerul Islam said that although investigators had not yet reached any conclusions it was possible that "Taliban elements" had a hand in the...

Al Jazeera's new English-language service is not about to take the United States by storm, but it could have a major effect on Muslim communities around the globe. Its greatest impact, however, may be on Al Jazeera's Arabic broadcasts. As veterans of the American media environment know, US audiences are growing increasingly segmented. Hundreds of cable and satellite television channels compete for...

Between November 2003 and May 2004, while I was writing my book about Al Jazeera, I spent time interviewing a multitude of miscellaneous individuals and organizations about their feelings towards the network. I heard a diverse range of opinions about the channel, stretching from the overwhelmingly positive to the vehemently negative. I soon saw patterns emerging. I could see at once, for example...