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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney is not the unidentified source who told Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward about the CIA status of the wife of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson, a person familiar with the investigation said Thursday. Woodward did not talk with the vice president that day, did not provide the information that's been reported in Woodward's notes and has not had...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Bob Woodward's version of when and where he learned the identity of a CIA operative contradicts a special prosecutor's contention that Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide was the first to make the disclosure to reporters. Attorneys for the aide, I. Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby, described Wednesday's statement by the Washington Post's assistant managing editor as helpful for their...

Yahoo Inc has unveiled a deal to distribute media, gadgets, and political gossip blogs from Gawker Media. Yahoo will post "dozens" of stories per day from blogs including New York-media gossip blog Gawker, US political gossip-focused Wonkette, Hollywood insider's guide Defamer and popular technology blog Gizmodo. "Launching on Yahoo News with stories from five of Gawker Media's most well-known...

Bob Woodward apologized to The Washington Post yesterday for failing to reveal for more than two years that a senior Bush administration official had told him about CIA operative Valerie Plame, even as an investigation of who disclosed her identity mushroomed into a national scandal. Woodward, an assistant managing editor and best-selling author, said he told Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr...

OSM, a new online venture designed to bring together top online writers, journalists and commentators under a single umbrella, officially debuted at a New York City launch on Wednesday. Over 70 Web journalists, including Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds and David Corn, Washington editor of the Nation magazine, have agreed to participate in OSM � short for Open Source Media. Journalist Judith Miller...

Heads of state issue eloquent policy statements at the gold-domed compound of the 176-nation summit. Vocal civil society groups and the best of academia are engaged in debates. They have the words, but the real action lies at a glittering pavilion, where the latest goods, gadget and systems are exhibited by the likes of Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Nokia and many others. "Business is the driving...

Building a bridge across the digital divide might not be the smooth path to poverty reduction that many people believe. As many as 17,000 people from around the world are attending this United Nations conference targeted at closing the now famous divide, the gap in access to the Internet and other information age tools (and skills) between rich and poor countries, and even within nations. But will...

NEW YORK It has not been a kind year for the newspaper industry. With costs rising and circulation on the decline, newspaper companies have responded by trimming a considerable portion of their staffs this year. A review of past news reports offers up a startling number: more than 2,000 jobs have been cut from major and mid-sized newspapers over the past year. That figure does not include cuts at...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The newspaper business is getting smaller. On Wednesday, five newspapers owned by Tribune Co. announced job cuts, but they're hardly alone. In recent weeks, no fewer than nine other well-known newspapers all announced cuts in payrolls or other expenses. What's happening? Here are some questions and answers about the challenges facing the U.S. newspaper business. Q. I keep hearing...

Tunisia's control over its citizens' access to Internet content places it at odds with the goals of the World Summit on the Information Society. The OpenNet Initiative on Wednesday released the findings of its investigation into Internet control in Tunisia � "Internet Filtering in Tunisia in 2005" � which documents the degree to which the Tunisian state attempts to control the national information...