2005-2014

It's been more than 16 months since CNN's former chief news executive Eason Jordan made what even he now regards as inarticulate comments about the U.S. military's role in the deaths of journalists working in Iraq. Inarticulate–and incendiary: Under fire from conservative bloggers and others for his suggestion at a forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the military may have targeted and killed a dozen...

NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - The newspapers of the future - cheap digital screens that can be rolled up and stuffed into a back pocket - have been just around the corner for the last three decades. But as early as this year, the future may finally arrive. Some of the world's top newspapers publishers are planning to introduce a form of electronic newspaper that will allow users to download entire...

Lucknow, June 11: Now, this is a newspaper with a difference. Here, what bleeds doesn’t become a lead. Apna Shehar — this hand-written, free of cost, monthly Hindi newspaper is different, right from its content to the reporting and editing staff. Advertisement Published by an NGO, the content for this newspaper — government policies to uplift the status of the poor and downtrodden — are reported...

The Health Journalism Partnership (HJP) has launched its website to bring together health journalism resources, training opportunities, analyses, distinguished health reporting and a global online "map" of journalism training and support organisations. Internews Network, Panos Institute London and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) launched the pilot phase of the partnership at the...

Journalist Shujaat Bukhari, who escaped after being kidnapped here by two men last night, has said one of his abductors tried to shoot him but the weapon malfunctioned. Bukhari, a special correspondent for The Hindu, said this was the third attempt on his life in the past four years but he had not sought police protection even after yesterday's abduction. "As of now, I have no idea of the motive...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialised agency for telecommunications, and infoDev, a multi-donor programme focusing on information and communication technologies (ICT) for development, have launched the second module of their collaborative online ICT Regulation Toolkit, the Legal and Institutional Framework. The ICT legal and institutional framework...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Eric Schmidt has a message: Don't let the lava lamps fool you. Google Inc. is serious. As Google's chief executive, Schmidt presides over a headquarters filled with trinkets, pets, free food and bouncy-ball chairs. But the whimsical workplace belies the company's focus on cold, hard numbers. Schmidt, 51, oversees operations — a crucial role as the company hires voraciously...

A venture-backed Waltham company that's quietly amassed more than 650,000 Internet domain names is stepping out of stealth mode today and unveiling its plans to build a substantial Boston-area Web 2.0 business around the emerging field of ``direct navigation." The company, called NameMedia, is being led by Kelly P. Conlin , 46, a veteran media executive who previously had been chief executive of...

MOSCOW: India's Dainik Jagran newspaper has built its reputation on its relationship with its readers - all 19.1 million of them. This was revealed at the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) annual congress and World Editors Forum meeting, held in Moscow, Russia, last week. Sanja Gupta, editor & CEO, Dainik Jagran, India, said that as the newspaper with the world's largest readership, the Hindi...

LONDON (AFP) - BBC director-general Mark Thompson wants to take advantage of the latest technology to turn one of the world's foremost broadcasters into a truly global media brand. He insists that the Internet is the future for the 84-year-old British Broadcasting Corporation but warns that it has to be globally relevant to ensure it does not get left behind. The BBC, funded mainly by a television...