2005-2014

''The propagandist's purpose," wrote Aldous Huxley, "is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human." The British, who invented modern war propaganda and inspired Joseph Goebbels, were specialists in the field. At the height of the slaughter known as the First World War, the prime minister, David Lloyd George, confided to C P Scott, editor of the Manchester...

PALO ALTO, Calif. -(Dow Jones)- Google Inc. (GOOG) would support basic free municipal Internet access in San Francisco with advertising, and may offer a paid higher speed tier of services to residents for a fee, according to a proposal for the project. Meanwhile, Earthlink Inc. (ELNK) will partner with Motorola Inc. (MOT) and Tropos Networks to provide a paid wireless access similar to the service...

NEW YORK -- With a ferociousness usually reserved for presidents caught lying to the public, the journalism world has turned on The New York Times and its reporter Judith Miller, who only weeks ago was being lauded for going to jail to protect a source. A few media critics and academics suggested Monday that the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter should be fired for her actions covering the search...

NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Norman Pearlstine, Time Inc.'s editor-in-chief for eleven years, will step down at the end of this year, when he will be succeeded by editorial director John Huey. Pearlstine, 63, will remain with Time Inc. parent Time Warner Inc. (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) as a senior adviser and will continue work on a book scheduled to be published in 2007, the company said...

News International chairman Les Hinton has accused 'citizen journalists" of amateurism, misrepresentation and failing to emulate the standards of traditional news organisations. Using the example of coverage of this year's hurricane in New Orleans - where he said bloggers were responsible for "bad information", including reports of unrest and rape that were not later substantiated - he called on...

The Wall Street Journal has unveiled partnerships with major European and Asian newspapers that will see their content featured on WSJ.com. The move coincides with the European and Asian edition of the paper's relaunch in a compact format today. The innovation is the latest drive by the paper's owner, Dow Jones & Company, for greater integration between print and online editions. The new "Across...

Last Thursday morning, Apple Computer Inc. started selling an episode of the hit television series "Lost" through its iTunes Music Store for $1.99 after the show aired the night before on ABC. It marked the first time a popular show was made available for legal downloading over the Internet so quickly after its original airing. With that, Apple may have helped open a Pandora's box for the media...

A group of bloggers including mainstream journalists from outlets such as CNBC, The Nation and The New York Times are banding together to strike a blow at established media and pick up some ad dollars in the process. Operating initially as Pajamas Media--a play on criticism that bloggers are "just a bunch of guys in their pajamas"--the site will offer original content and links to affiliate sites...

The regular meetings of the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers–known as ICANN, the folks who make Internet domain names work as well as they do–have long been one of the tech community's better held secrets. Its actual work is incorrectly dismissed as mind-numbingly dull, but ICANN has built a solid reputation for great travel opportunities. Need an excuse to visit Shanghai...

As marketers seek to tie magazine articles more closely to the advertisements that support them, the American Society of Magazine Editors is holding fast against such pressure. And the move could cause consternation among advertisers. The magazine-industry group, which monitors the separation of advertising and editorial in magazines, is expected to issue revised guidelines today at an industry...