2005-2014

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee urged the Bush administration yesterday to seek criminal charges against newspapers that reported on a secret financial-monitoring program used to trace terrorists. Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) cited the New York Times in particular for publishing a report last week saying that the Treasury Department is working with the CIA to examine an...

Mid Day Multimedia is out to celebrate its 27th anniversary on June 27, 2006 in style. The Group will be launching its Bangalore edition on June 27, while Mumbaikars can look forward to a jumbo 264-page special issue to mark the occasion. What’s more, cyber buffs can log on to Mid Day’s e-paper from tomorrow. When asked why the group had chosen Bangalore as its next destination, Tariq Ansari, MD...

LONDON - Nielsen Media Research has joined forces with sister internet research company Nielsen//NetRatings in an attempt to improve online advertising measurement. The partnership will boost Nielsen Media Research's coverage to almost 600 websites. Combining Nielsen//NetRatings' AdRelevance data with Nielsen Media Research's expenditure system, clients will be able to obtain improved information...

An eye-tracking study conducted by the Nielsen/Norman Group finds Internet users avoid viewing banner ads. Text advertising is read more often than display ads, according to the research. Banner blindness means Internet users focus on the content on a page and ignore the advertisements. This is especially true for bright, flashing ads, and other units that are not relevant to what the user is...

Much of what people in modern societies know about the world beyond their direct experience comes from the media. To the extent that news content is believed, it helps shape the society, culture and politics. Since media plays an important role in creating a context for social and political action, right to know remains significantly important to serve the society and the public best. The right to...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Sweden's foreign minister urged Somalia's authorities to speedily investigate the slaying last week of a Swedish journalist at an Islamist rally in Mogadishu and deplored the violence that has shaken the African nation, according to comments published Monday. Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson condemned the fatal shooting of veteran cameraman Martin Adler, and said that he has...

The mother of a Ukrainian journalist slain nearly six years ago still doubts that a body in the morgue is that of her son, Heorhiy Gongadze, and will continue to refuse burial, a Ukrainian newspaper reported Monday. Gongadze, who wrote about high-level corruption on an Internet news site, was abducted in 2000. A beheaded body - identified by government authorities as his after numerous forensic...

New York, June 26, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores today’s decision by an Egyptian court to sentence two journalists to a year in prison for publishing a report critical of President Hosni Mubarak, his family, and other top officials. The court in Al-Warrak, north of Giza, sentenced Ibrahim Eissa, editor of the independent weekly Al-Dustour, and Sahar Zaki, a reporter for the...

The following is a letter Bill Keller, the executive editor of The Times, has sent to readers who have written to him about The Times's publication of information about the government's examination of international banking records: I don't always have time to answer my mail as fully as etiquette demands, but our story about the government's surveillance of international banking records has...

I had the rare occasion, for me, of talking with a group of congressmen last week in Washington, and as our session broke up, I changed the subject abruptly. I asked, "Could you stop the present administration from locking up reporters?" They chuckled. The request was baldly self-serving, since I often write stories that concern national security. Perhaps they also regarded my concern as far...