2005-2014

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Monday mourned the death of a video journalist who was fatally shot in Yangon during last month's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Hundreds of people, including scores of Myanmar nationals, gathered at a cemetery in central Tokyo, to join the memorial service for Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai. Nagai, 50, was shot when the military opened fire on...

WARSAW, Poland: A new Polish daily newspaper will hit newsstands on Oct. 15, staking its place alongside a slew of other publications in a competitive media market. The publisher, Polskapresse, said Monday it would launch the new newspaper — titled Polska, or Poland — six days before the country votes in parliamentary elections on Oct. 21. The newspaper will include some editorial content from The...

BERLIN: Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of Europe's most conservative daily newspapers when it comes to design, has brightened its front page by adding photographs and dropping the last vestiges of its antiquated typeface. The paper said the changes were a concession to a more hurried age in which readers had less time to navigate through the newspaper, and fewer people found time...

MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - An investigation into the murder of U.S.-born journalist Paul Klebnikov in Moscow has helped solve the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the chief investigator said in an interview Monday. Politkovskaya, who gained international recognition for her strong criticism of the Kremlin and claims of state-backed atrocities against civilians in Chechnya, was...

NEW YORK - The recent rush by major Internet portals to buy advertising companies and extend their sales networks is a sign that the business of being a one-stop shop for information and entertainment isn't what it used to be. Gone are the days of emphasizing ways to attract and keep visitors — the way television networks long have operated — by creating destinations with anything people might...

The prosecution in journalist Shivani Bhatnagar murder case on Monday told a city court that the deceased was a “personal friend” of key accused and former IPS officer R K Sharma, says a Press Trust of India (PTI) report in the Times of India. Special Public Prosecutor S K Saxena, in his arguments before Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri, said Sharma had made a “false...

REDMOND, Wash. - Msnbc.com is diving into citizen journalism and social media by acquiring Newsvine.com, a small but innovative player in what is known as “participatory journalism.” It is msnbc.com’s first acquisition in its 11-year history. Neither of the companies would disclose terms of the all-cash transaction, which was announced Sunday, but deals for other social media sites have ranged as...

MOSCOW, Oct. 7 — The independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta and Russian prosecutors know the identity of the man who killed Anna Politkovskaya, its correspondent who was slain in a contract-style killing one year ago, according to its editor and a special report planned for publication on Monday. But the identity of the person who ordered the killing has not been determined, and the man who shot Ms...

NIAMEY - A French journalist held for a month in Niger for alleged intelligence with Tuareg rebels has been expelled from the country, an official said yesterday. Francois Bergeron "was released, the order for his expulsion was signed yesterday and he had to leave Niger the same day," the official said, giving no further details. Since August Niger has barred foreign journalists and others from...

MOSCOW (AFP) — Hundreds of Russian opposition activists rallied in Moscow on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya amid international calls for the journalist's killers to be brought to justice. "A year ago, Politkovskaya was killed in a despicable way. She died defending the human dignity of all citizens," Mikhail Kasyanov, a former prime minister turned opposition...