2005-2014

BRUSSELS, Belgium: A European Union high court on Wednesday denied a German journalist's request for damages after the EU anti-fraud office gave information to law enforcement authorities that led to his detention. The EU's Court of First Instance said that handing over the information about Hans-Martin Tillack, who was a correspondent for German news weekly Stern, to authorities in Belgium and...

NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The average number of monthly visitors to U.S. newspaper Web sites rose by nearly a third in the first half of 2006, a study released on Wednesday said, though print readership at some larger U.S. newspapers fell. The study, released by the Newspaper Association of America, underscores the Internet's importance to papers beset by falling circulation and advertising...

The founder and editor-in-chief of the two most popular newspapers in Azerbaijan, Einulla Fatullayev, says he is closing the two publications and abandoning journalism, after he was given a suspended jail sentence by a Baku court. On October 3, readers of the weekly Realny Azerbaijan and the daily Gündelik Azerbaijan read the last combined issue of the papers in which the editors bid farewell to...

MIAMI - The Miami Herald's publisher resigned Tuesday, saying "ambiguously communicated" personnel policies resulted in the firings of three journalists at its Spanish-language paper who were paid to appear on U.S.-government broadcasts aimed at promoting democracy in Cuba. Jesus Diaz Jr., the papers' publisher since July 2005, had dismissed two El Nuevo Herald reporters and a freelance...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - HT Media Ltd. has signed an initial agreement for an equal joint venture with the Times of India Group to publish a tabloid-style newspaper in New Delhi, an HT official said on Tuesday. "It will be modelled on the Mumbai Mirror," chief financial officer Vinayak Purohit told Reuters, referring to the Times of India group's compact newspaper which competes with tabloid Mid-Day...

For many Americans seeking news during important events, blogs are just about the last place they look, relying instead on traditional outlets, a survey says. Fifty percent said they turn to traditional media like television, radio and newspapers as their primary source for information during major events such as hurricanes over "emerging media," according to a survey of 333 business professionals...

MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - The new editor Russia's Kommersant daily vowed on his first day at work Monday to maintain the daily's editorial policy under its new tycoon owner. Andrei Vasilyev, who was starting his second stint at the helm after a long run from 1999 to 2005, said Kommersant had no intention of following any imposed policy, and added that the edition would carry articles that...

Rafe Banks, a lawyer in Georgia, got involved in a nasty dispute with a client over how to defend him on a drunken-driving charge. The client, David Milum, fired Banks and demanded that the lawyer refund a $3,000 fee. Banks refused. Milum eventually was acquitted. Ordinarily, that might have been the last Banks ever heard about his former client. But then Milum started a blog. In May 2004, Banks...

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- Internet and cable were the growth locomotives behind the 6.6% increase in 2005 U.S. media revenue, reaching $268.48 billion for the 100 Leading Media Companies. In some ways, broadcast TV and newspaper executives must have seemed more like captives tied to the tracks. Time Warner Time Warner, powered by its internet and cable offerings, retained its position as the No. 1...

Should newspapers, including this one, carry such a caveat? Perhaps this suggestion is not as bizarre as it might first sound. A newspaper, particularly on its front page, daily presents a view of reality. In fact, this reality is totally relative and highly subjective. Obviously, the front page of a San Francisco newspaper will portray a 'reality' very different from that of a newspaper published...